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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Asian >> Indian Subcontinent >> Indian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Rinse lentils thoroughly and place in a medium saucepan along with ginger, turmeric, salt and cayenne pepper. | 2. Cover with about 1 inch of water and bring to a boil. | 3. Skim off any foam that forms on top of the lentils. | 4. Reduce heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, until beans are tender and soupy. | 5. Meanwhile, in a microwave safe dish combine oil, dried onion and cumin seeds. | 6. Microwave on high for 45 seconds to 1 minute; be sure to brown, but not burn, onions. | 7. Stir into lentil mixture. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
red lentil	1	cup		687.36	121.152	45.9072	4.1664
ginger	1		peeled	1.6	0.3554	0.0364	0.015
turmeric	1/4	teaspoon	ground	2.34	0.5036	0.0726	0.0244
salt	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
cayenne pepper	1/2	teaspoon		2.862	0.5097	0.1081	0.1554
vegetable oil	4	teaspoons		156.3093	0.0	0.0	18.1333
onion flake	4	teaspoons		23.2667	5.5520000000000005	0.5967	0.0307
cumin seed	1	teaspoon		7.875	0.929	0.374	0.4677

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