HungryBastard.com

This dish was absolutely delicious! It is healthy, easy to cook and tastes amazing! If you have the time, prepare some Naan or buy some at a local Indian Store as it really tops it off. We served ours over Jasmine rice with some Naan that we bought and it was perfect! This dish does make enough to feed 6 adults, at least. So we did have some yummy left overs! Sorry– I forgot to get the camera out for this–guess I was HUNGRY!!!

Ingredients:

• 1 3/4 cups red lentils
• 1 large red onion, diced
• 6 stalks celery, diced
• 2 tablespoon olive oil, divided
• 2 tablespoons red curry paste (almost any brand will do)
• 1 tablespoon curry powder
• 1 teaspoon ground turmeric
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon white sugar
• 2 teaspoon minced garlic
• 1 teaspoon ginger paste
• 1 can coconut milk
• 1 (28 oz) can diced tomatoes or crushed tomatoes
• 2 cups prepared Jasmine rice (we do ours in our rice cooker)

Directions:

1. Wash the lentils in cold water until the water runs clear (this is very important or the lentils will get “scummy”), put the lentils in a pot of boiling water and boil on high for two minutes. Reduce heat to medium and simmer covered for 8-12 minutes (or until lentils are tender). Add more water, if necessary.
2. While the lentils are cooking: In a large skillet or saucepan, caramelize the onions and the celery in olive oil.
3. While the onions are cooking, combine the curry paste, curry powder, turmeric, cumin, chili powder, salt, sugar, garlic, and ginger in a mixing bowl. Mix well until the mixture forms a ‘paste’.
4. When the onions and celery are cooked, remove from the pan and set aside.
5. Add the curry ‘paste’ mixture to the same pan with a tablespoon of olive oil and cook over medium-high heat stirring constantly for 1 to 2 minutes.
6. Stir in the diced tomatoes, onion/celery mixture, drained lentils and coconut milk and reduce heat to medium. Allow the dish to simmer until the lentils have soaked up some of the coconut milk and the sauce begins to thicken, just a bit.