Cooking in progress....

• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Asian >> Indian Subcontinent >> Indian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. In a large saucepan, simmer lentils in 2 cups water for 30 minutes or until soft. Remove from heat. | 2. Combine lentils and their cooking liquid with turmeric & salt in a blender or food processor. Blitz 10-15 seconds or until fairly smooth. Return to saucepan. | 3. Add cilantro, coconut, brown sugar, cumin powder, coriander, cayenne, , cinnamon and garam masala. Stir well. Cover and set aside. | 4. In a large frying pan or skillet, heat the oil. | 5. Add hing, seed mixture and hot red peppers. Sauté until the seeds begin to pop. This will only take a few seconds! | 6. Add the fennel, garlic and jalapeño, sauté until halfway to soft. Add tomatoes, continue sautéing until fennel is soft and tomatoes are hot and beginning to lose their shape. Remove from heat. | 7. Add fennel/tomato mixture to lentil mixture in saucepan. Stir well. For soup, add the extra 2/3 cup water. Cover and cook on low heat 15 minutes. Remove hot red peppers before serving. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
lentil	1/2	cup		40.81	8.5239	3.4496	0.2118
water	2	cups		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
water	2/3	cup		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
turmeric	1	teaspoon		9.36	2.0142	0.2904	0.0975
sea salt	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
olive oil	1	tablespoon		119.34	0.0	0.0	13.5
asafoetida powder	1	pinch		-	-	-	-
cumin seed	1/3	teaspoon		2.625	0.3097	0.1247	0.1559
mustard seed	1/3	teaspoon		3.3867	0.1873	0.1739	0.2416
sesame seed	1/3	teaspoon		9.5	0.4365	0.2968	0.8
cinnamon	1/4	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
hot pepper	2			-	-	-	-
garlic clove	1		minced	4.47	0.9918	0.1908	0.015
fennel bulb	1	cup	chopped chopped	26.97	6.351	1.0788	0.174
tomato	3		chopped	66.42	14.3541	3.2472	0.738
jalapeno pepper	1		cored seeded minced	-	-	-	-
cilantro	2	tablespoons	chopped	0.46	0.0734	0.0426	0.0104
brown sugar	1	tablespoon		34.2	8.8281	0.0108	0.0
coconut	2	tablespoons	unsweetened shredded	35.4	1.5230000000000001	0.33299999999999996	3.3489999999999998
cumin powder	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
coriander	1/2	teaspoon		0.46	0.0734	0.0426	0.0104
cayenne	1/2	teaspoon		2.862	0.5097	0.1081	0.1554
garam masala	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.