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[–] 9 points 6 months ago* (10 children)

Been vegan for about six years, I only just learned how to make Dahl

Ive been making it weekly.

Does anyone have some tips for improvement?

  • red lentils (dried)
  • onion, diced
  • garlic, minced
  • ginger, grated
  • canned diced tomatoes
  • coconut milk
  • vegetable stock
  • ground turmeric
  • ground cumin
  • garam masala
  • chilli flakes
  • coconut oil
  • salt
  • baby spinach
  • lemon juice
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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago

    Looks good to me. I like to dice some carrots in mine sometimes. Occasionally I'll throw in a chunk of vegan butter for richness (or just more olive oil lol).

    Whole Thai chilis chopped and fried in your oil before everything else helps give it a nice warming spiciness.

    Also tempering your dry spices if you aren't already. I like tomato paste at the end of this too...

    What else... Hm, sometimes msg, but I don't really care for it these days.

    Also don't ignore the heartier lentils like green - they make great vegetable stews

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago

    1kg or dry lentils matched to 150g of curry paste is my lazy dahl. I might add veggies, tofu, coconut cream or whatever is available but that ratio makes a nice spicy dahl from my experience. Be careful with many curry pastes having fish/prawn in them (eg, Mae Ploy Green Curry Paste).

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Add some mustard seeds, dried red pepper, asafoetida and give it some tadka. Also consider adding amsul which gives it a nice tangy taste

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Do you mean amchur? Oh, so amsul is kokum. Didn't know that.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    unconventional but butter makes everything better.

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