Soups & Stews
Yellow lentil dal
Creamy dal with yellow or red lentils is mildly spicy, quick to make and perfect for everyday life. No exotic catalog of ingredients - just lentils, spices and a little coconut milk, which makes everything nice and velvety. This goes well with bread, naan or, if you like, rice.
Timing
- Preparation: approx. 10 minutes
- Cooking time: approx. 20-25 minutes
- Total: approx. 35 minutes
Estimated nutrition
per serving · Calculated for 4 servings.
- Energy
- ≈ 550 kcal
- Protein
- ≈ 22.4 g
- Carbohydrates
- ≈ 40.6 g
- Fat
- ≈ 30.4 g
Approximate values based on the listed ingredients. Brands, cheese, portion size and preparation can change the values.
Calculation basis
Item weights and household measures are estimated. Unless specified: milk with 1.5% fat, cream with 30% fat and Gouda cheese. Optional ingredients, small amounts of seasoning and separately listed side dishes are excluded. For imprecise entries, the amounts below and comparable reference products are assumed. For alternatives, the first listed ingredient is used. Cooking losses have not been measured.
Quantity assumptions and ingredient mapping
- 1 onion · ≈ 100.0 g
- 2 cloves of garlic · ≈ 6.0 g
- 1 piece of ginger, approx. 2 cm · ≈ 20.0 g
- 2 tbsp oil or ghee · ≈ 27.3 g
- 300 g red or yellow lentils · ≈ 300 g · Assumed quantity / reference product
Matvaretabellen: Mattilsynet · Santa Maria
Food data: Max Rubner-Institut, BLS 4.0 (2025), CC BY 4.0. Calculated and rounded for this recipe. BLS 4.0 · CC BY 4.0
Ingredients
- 300 g red or yellow lentils
- 1 onion
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 1 piece of ginger, approx. 2 cm
- 400 ml coconut milk
- 800 ml water or vegetable broth
- 2 tbsp oil or ghee
- 1 tsp cumin
- 1 tsp turmeric
- 1 teaspoon garam masala
- Salt
- optional: 1 teaspoon coriander powder
- optional: coriander greens or parsley
- Bread, naan or rice to serve
Instructions
- Rinse the lentils briefly.
- Finely chop the onion, garlic and ginger.
- Heat oil in a pot and sauté onion for 3-4 minutes.
- Briefly roast the garlic, ginger, cumin, turmeric and garam masala.
- Add the lentils, water or stock and simmer for 15-20 minutes until the lentils are soft.
- Stir in coconut milk and simmer for 5 minutes.
- Season with salt and, if desired, puree a little to make the dal creamier.
- Serve with fresh coriander – with bread, naan or rice.
