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Red lentils pasta

This an Indian fusion one pot meal with handmade pasta cooked in spicy lentils curry
Course Dinner, Main Course
Cuisine Fusion, Indian, Indian cuisine
Keyword lentil pasta recipe, pasta with lentils, red lentil pasta, red lentil pasta recipe
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Servings 3
Author indrani

Ingredients

Ingredients

For Dal

  • Red Masoor Dal Red lentils(1 cup)
  • Onions 2 finely chopped
  • Garlic 6 to 7 cloves(finely chopped
  • Ginger 1/2 inch cut into juliens
  • Green chillies 2 to 4
  • Kashmiri Red chili powder just for color 2 tbsp
  • Turmeric pinch
  • Salt as per taste
  • Coriander leaves a bunch
  • Carom seeds or thyme
  • Oil 2 tbsp
  • Origano Celery and other mixed dried herb seasonings(1 tbsp)

For the pasta

  • All purpose flour or wheat flour 2 cup
  • Oil 1 tbsp
  • Salt as per taste

Instructions

Preparation

  1. Boil the lentils with two cups of water.
  2. Add all the ingredients except butter and carom seeds to the lentils and allow it to boil together over low flame for around 15 to 20 minutes unless and until the lentils is blended with the ingredients well.
  3. Make a firm dough from the wheat flour.
  4. Roll out a big round ,medium thick ,flat bread  or roti.
  5. With a cookie cutter cut out flowers from the bread.
  6. Add the flower shaped pastas into the lentils and cook for another 10 miutes.
  7. Heat the oil and add ajwain or fresh thyme can be added.
  8. Add the above seasonings to the lentils curry.
  9. Decorate with parsley or fresh coriander leaves. This is a one pot meal and also can be served as a side dish to rice.