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For the raita

Nutrition: per serving

  • kcal597
  • fat15g
    low
  • saturates3g
  • carbs74g
  • sugars21g
  • fibre22g
  • protein32g
  • salt0.5g
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Method

  • step 1

    Heat the oil in a large non-stick pan and fry the onion, garlic and ginger for 8 mins until softened. Tip in the turmeric, coriander, cumin and chilli and cook for 20 seconds, stirring occasionally.

  • step 2

    Pour in 800ml boiling water, stir in the bouillon, lentils and aubergine, and cover the pan and leave to simmer for 15 mins until the lentils are pulpy. Stir in the chickpeas with their water, if you need a little more liquid, and cook for 5 mins.

  • step 3

    Meanwhile, stir the red onion, coriander, mint and tomatoes with the yogurt to make a raita. Spoon the dhal into two bowls, top with raita and scatter with mint leaves.

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Recipe from Good Food magazine, January 2019

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A star rating of 4.2 out of 5.39 ratings

petradiels69-pkgeh8-

I used a tin of chopped tomatoes instead of the chickpea water and added some peas for colour and extra freshness … absolutely beautiful! Will definitely become a favourite!

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bethbiscuits

Delicious! I followed other peoples advice and only used 400mls of liquid. This cooked it perfectly. I added a couple of dollops of mango chutney once i’d plated up and it was a really nice addition. Will definitely make again

mparnham86P3rVYlvR

Very tasty! I’m not a vegetarian but love this kind of food. I made it with a few tweaks: Didn’t have tomatoes in the Raita as I’m not a huge fan of them; used dried coriander, powder cumin instead of seeds and Greek Yoghurt instead of whatever bio pot is. I decided to drain the chickpeas as the…

elfid

This was ok, however I think it would be better as a side dish to a curry rather than a main course in itself. However, a good and healthy vegetarian dish - the raita was my favourite part of the recipe!

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mrswhiplash

Have made this a couple of times and each time the cooking times have been out and the amount of fluid is far too much. You need to use half the amount of water and none from the chickpeas. But the flavours are great.

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