Dal Bhorta
Thick-cooked red lentils mashed with fried onion, garlic and chilli — a dry bhorta for rice.
SideEasy
High Protein
Vegan
Gluten Free

Prep
5 min
Cook
25 min
Total
30 min
Serves
4
Per serving
222 kcal
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Instructions
Step 1: Cook the red lentils in the water until soft and all the liquid is absorbed.
Step 2: Fry the onion, garlic and dried red chilli in the mustard oil until crisp.
Step 3: Mash everything together with the salt and coriander leaves.
Ingredients
Serves
Quantities update automatically for 4 servings.
- 150 gRed lentils
- 400 mlWater
- 2 tbspMustard oil
- 1 wholeOnion — sliced
- 10 gGarlic — sliced
- 3 wholeDried red chilli
- 5 gCoriander leaves
- 1 tspSalt
Nutrition
Nutrition per serving, calculated from the ingredient list. Not yet reviewed.
- Calories
- 222 kcal
- Protein
- 10.2 g
- Carbohydrates
- 28.7 g
- Fat
- 8.2 g
- Saturated fat
- 1.1 g
- Fibre
- 5.3 g
- Sugar
- 2.5 g
- Sodium
- 489 mg
These figures are estimates for general information only and are not medical or dietary advice.