Ingredients
Quantities for 4 portions
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Method
- Simmer red lentils with water, turmeric, tamarind paste and salt 25 minutes until very soft.
- Heat vegetable oil. Sizzle mustard seeds, then fry onion, curry powder, ground coriander and dried red chili 3 minutes.
- Boil green beans and carrot 5 minutes. Stir vegetables and the spice mix into the lentils.
- Taste for salt and scatter coriander.
Shopping tip
HIGH RISK. Sambar powder is a specialty. Use caril em po plus extra mustard seeds and ground coriander as a stand-in, or hunt the world-food aisle. Pasta de tamarindo is medium; lemon plus tomato if missing. Folhas de caril optional. Lentilhas vermelhas and feijao verde are easy.
Where it fits in your week
Suits a calmer day, or cooking ahead at the weekend.
At the portions as written, there is enough for a second meal.
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