Dal with green lentils

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 14
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 139.9
  • Total Fat: 3.3 g
  • Cholesterol: 8.9 mg
  • Sodium: 179.9 mg
  • Total Carbs: 21.3 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 5.7 g
  • Protein: 7.2 g

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Introduction

Indian-spiced lentil soup to be eaten by itself or over steamed rice Indian-spiced lentil soup to be eaten by itself or over steamed rice
Number of Servings: 14

Ingredients

    2 c. dry green lentils
    12 c. water
    salt to taste
    4 c. diced tomatoes
    2 large onions, chopped
    4 tsp. minced garlic
    2 tsp. ground ginger
    4 Tbsp. butter
    2 tsp. ground turmeric
    2 tsp ground cumin

Tips

Any lentils will work; nutritional information uses Bob's Red Mill dry green lentils.


Directions

Add all ingredients except salt and tomatoes to a large pot. Bring to a boil, then simmer until lentils are very well cooked and falling apart. Then add tomatoes and salt to taste (no salt is added to the calculations for this recipe). Cook for an additional 20-30 minutes, and serve as-is, or over steamed rice.

Makes approximately 14 servings 1 c. each

Serving Size: 1 c. - Recipe makes approx 3.45 quarts soup, or 14 servings of 1 c. each