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Squash and Lentil dal #anti-inflamation#. A quick and easy Butternut Squash, Lentil & Coconut Dal recipe, from our authentic Indian cuisine collection. Find brilliant recipe ideas and cooking tips at Gousto. CHAYOTE squash With LENTILS (dal ) RECIPE

Add coriander, cumin, turmeric and a dollop of mango chutney. This Butternut Squash Dal combines lentils with onion, tomato and is lightly tempered with mustard, cumin and curry leaves. Serve it with naan or rice! You can have Squash and Lentil dal #anti-inflamation# using 13 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Squash and Lentil dal #anti-inflamation#

1. You need 1 cup of slit red lentil.
2. It's 1 cup of acorn squash.
3. It's 3 cups of water.
4. You need 1 tsp of tumeric powder.
5. You need 2 of dry chilies.
6. You need 2 tsp of cumin seeds.
7. It's 2 pinch of hing(asafoetita).
8. Prepare 1 cup of finishing herb (cilantro or basil).
9. It's 1 of onion, diced.
10. Prepare 1 Tsp of garlic, ginger paste.
11. You need 1 of small tomatoes, diced.
12. Prepare 1 Tsp of Olive oil.
13. You need to taste of Salt.

So for this butternut squash dal, I combined two lentils - chana dal and toor/arhar dal. Chana dal is little on the heavier side and it wasn't made very. Lentil in any form especially dal is a staple in my household. I like to alternate between lentil and beans and sometimes combine them for certain meals.

Squash and Lentil dal #anti-inflamation# step by step

1. Soak split red lentil in water overnight. Soaking helps to remove antinutrients and kicks off fermentation to make legumes easy to digest..
2. Pressure cook soaked lentil and sliced squash for one minute. Only add half tsp turmeric and a pinch of salt before start..
3. In a separate pot, sauté cumin deeds, hing, turmeric powder, onion, tomatoes, ginger and garlic paste..
4. Pour boiled lentil and squash soup into the pot. Sitr and allow it to simmer for another 10~30 minutes until reach your desired consistence. Season the dal with salt..

This lentil recipe is not very mushy or soupy like dal is. Meaning red lentil isn't mushy but has a bite to it. Same goes with zucchini , it holds it's. With red lentils, spinach and butternut squash it's delicious creamy texture makes it so comforting. It is a low cost dish, and can be batch cooked and frozen.