Summary

Ingredients

• 1 cup lentils, red
• 2 medium onion (s)
• 1 chilli pepper (s) or hot peppers
• 1 clove garlic
• 1 cup tomato (s), chopped or /2 tetrapack chunky
• 2 cm ginger, grated or chopped
• 0.5 teaspoon ½ turmeric
• 0.5 teaspoon ½ ground cumin
• 0.5 teaspoon ½ chili powder
• salt
• Coriander green
• 2 tablespoons oil

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Instructions

1. Prepare the lentils according to the instructions on the package. Heat the oil in a pan. Now add the onions, garlic, ginger, chopped peppers or chilli and cumin seeds to the pan and fry for 3 - 4 minutes.
2. Then add the tomatoes, turmeric, chilli powder and salt and cook for approx. 3 minutes. Pour the mixture over the lentils and mix thoroughly. Serve the lentil dish garnished with chopped coriander leaves. It goes well with naan bread or basmati rice.
3. Warning: the original is quite sharp. If necessary, halve the amount of chili powder the first time and season if necessary. The other spices can also be varied depending on your taste. Tip: start carefully.