Red Lentil & Butternut Squash Coconut Dal
Red Lentil & Butternut Squash Coconut Dal

Hello everybody, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, red lentil & butternut squash coconut dal. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have red lentil & butternut squash coconut dal using 14 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Red Lentil & Butternut Squash Coconut Dal:
  1. Prepare 1 butternut squash
  2. Prepare 2 onions
  3. Take 400 g red split lentils
  4. Take 400 ml coconut milk
  5. Make ready 800 ml water (boiling)
  6. Prepare 1 tsp tomato puree
  7. Prepare 2 tsp curry powder
  8. Get 1/2 tsp chilli powder (or fresh chilli)
  9. Make ready 1 vegetable stock cube
  10. Take Pumpkin seeds
  11. Get Salt, pepper, oil
  12. Make ready To serve:
  13. Prepare Coriander garnish (optional)
  14. Take Plain naan bread
Steps to make Red Lentil & Butternut Squash Coconut Dal:
  1. Peel and chop the butternut squash into small squares. Add a small amount of olive oil to two baking trays and split the squash over the two trays so they are a single layer. Season with salt and pepper, and half a teaspoon of curry powder per tray. Mix with your hands an out in the oven for 45mins at 210c. (Or cook until they are just starting to brown on the outside).
  2. Meanwhile, chop the onion into small squares. Add to a large frying pan with a small amount of oil. Cook for 2 mins on medium heat. Add the remaining teaspoon of curry powder, tomato puree and chilli powder. Stir to coat the onion and cook for a further two mins.
  3. Next add the water, coconut milk, stock cube and lentils. Stir well and leave to cook for 30mins on a low heat. Stir occasionally to prevent it catching.
  4. Once both the dal and squash is cooked, check seasoning and add more pepper or chilli to taste. Add the squash to the dal and sprinkle with pumpkin seeds. Garnish with coriander and serve with naans.

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