Lunch

Sweet and sour red lentils is for Lunch.

Sweet and sour red lentils takes several minutes to prepare.

Sweet and sour red lentils takes several minutes to cook.

Sweet and sour red lentils makes 4 servings.

The ingredients for Sweet and sour red lentils are:

250g/9oz/1? cups red lentils
?tsp ground turmeric
2 tbsp mustard or any other vegetable oil
? tsp brown mustard seeds
? tsp panch phoran
4 hot dried red chillies
1 bay leaf
1?-1? tsp salt
2 tbsp thick tamarind paste or to taste
1 tbsp sugar or to taste

Panch phoran is a mix of spices:
1 tbsp nigella seeds
1 tbsp black mustard seeds
1 tbsp fenugreek seeds
1 tbsp fennel seeds
1 tbsp cumin seeds

Here is how you make Sweet and sour red lentils:

Wash the lentils in several changes of water until the water runsclear. Put them in a medium-sized pan with the turmeric and mix.Cover with 1l/1?pt/4? cups water. Bring the lentils to the boil over amedium-high heat. Reduce the heat to low, cover partially andsimmer for 40 minutes or until the lentils are tender. Stir now andthen during the last 10 minutes. When the lentils are cooked, mashwith a spoon to a pulp-like consistency.2. Heat the oil in a large, wide, preferably non-stick pan or wok over amedium-high heat. When hot, add the mustard seeds. As soon asthey pop, a matter of seconds, add the panch phoran, chillies and abay leaf. Stir and fry for 5-6 seconds or until the chillies darken incolour. Add the cooked lentils, 150ml/5fl oz water and the salt. Stir tomix. Add the tamarind paste, a little at a time to get the sourness youdesire. Add just enough sugar to balance the sourness. Bring to theboil. Turn the heat to low and simmer for 8-10 minutes. The finisheddal should have the consisitency of a thick pur?e.Number of Servings: 4Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JWOURMS.

The nutritional information for Sweet and sour red lentils is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 4
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 158.9

• Total Fat: 7.1 g
• Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
• Sodium: 875.4 mg
• Total Carbs: 19.4 g
• Dietary Fiber: 5.3 g
• Protein: 5.9 g

Sweet and sour red lentils is Indian cuisine.