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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Asian >> Indian Subcontinent >> Indian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Rinse the lentils, place them in a small saucepan with the 3 cups of water, and bring them to a boil. | 2. Reduce the heat, cover, and simmer for 45 to 60 minutes, until tender. | 3. Stir occasionally, adding more water if necessary. | 4. While the lentils are cooking, chop the onion, cauliflower, sweet potatoes, and bell pepper into bite-sized pieces and set aside. | 5. Warm the oil in a pot and saute the mustard, fenugreek, and cumin seeds on medium heat, covering the pot and shaking it occasionally to prevent burning. | 6. When the mustard seeds begin to pop, stir in the turmeric, coriander, cinnamom, cayenne, and chopped chile and saute for another 2 minutes, stirring constantly. | 7. Stir in the tamarind liquid, then add the onions, cauliflower, sweet potatoes, and salt and combine. | 8. Cover and simmer for 10 minutes. | 9. Add the bell peppers, cover, and continue to cook until all of the vegetables are tender, about 5 minutes. | 10. Drain the cooked lentils and stir them into the vegetable mixture. | 11. Reheat if necessary, then stir in the cilantro. | 12. Ladle over basmati rice and serve with Mango Peach Chutney and a generous dollop of yogurt,if desired. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
lentil	1	cup	dried	81.62	17.0478	6.8992	0.4235
water	3	cups		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
onion	1			44.0	10.274000000000001	1.21	0.11
cauliflower	1			26.75	5.3179	2.0544	0.2996
potato	2		sweet	-	-	-	-
red bell pepper	1			-	-	-	-
vegetable oil	2	teaspoons		78.1547	0.0	0.0	9.0667
mustard seed	1	teaspoon		10.16	0.5618	0.5216	0.7248
fenugreek seed	1/2	teaspoon		5.9755	1.0795	0.4255	0.1186
cumin seed	1	teaspoon		7.875	0.929	0.374	0.4677
turmeric	1	teaspoon		9.36	2.0142	0.2904	0.0975
coriander	1	teaspoon	ground	5.364	0.9898	0.2227	0.3199
cinnamon	1	teaspoon	ground	-	-	-	-
cayenne	1/4	teaspoon		1.431	0.2548	0.054000000000000006	0.0777
green chili pepper	1		minced	89.955	21.2744	4.4978	0.4498
tamarind paste	1	tablespoon		-	-	-	-
hot water	1	cup		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
salt	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
cilantro	2 -3	tablespoons	minced	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
brown basmati rice			cooked	-	-	-	-
peach chutney				-	-	-	-
nonfat yogurt				-	-	-	-

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