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Lunch · 30 min · Vegetarian

Red lentil dal with brown rice

Simmer red lentils with turmeric, then finish with a tempering of cumin, garlic and chilli fried in a little oil. Stir in spinach and serve over rice.

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Ingredients

Weights are for the state named.

Servings
  • Dal tadka (tempered yellow lentils) 350 g · 364 kcal
  • Rice, brown, cooked 120 g · 148 kcal
  • Spinach, boiled/wilted 80 g · 18 kcal

Method

Simmer red lentils with turmeric, then finish with a tempering of cumin, garlic and chilli fried in a little oil. Stir in spinach and serve over rice.

Nutrition per serving

Calories
530 kcal
Protein
27 g
Carbs
83 g
Fat
14 g
  Per serving Per 100 g
Energy 530 kcal 96 kcal
Protein 26.6 g 4.8 g
Carbohydrate 82.8 g 15.0 g
Fat 13.7 g 2.5 g
Fibre 16.1 g 2.9 g

20% of the calories come from protein. Totals are the sums of the ingredient rows in the Ethereal food database (per 100 g values from national composition tables and labels), so logging this recipe puts exactly these numbers in your diary.