Vegan potato and tomato dal with mint chutney recipe
An Indian-inspired lentil dish with bundles of flavour
Looking for a dinner to well and truly satisfy your appetite? Well, there's nothing like a thick, delicious dal to send those hunger pangs packing. This lightly spiced vegan dish is made with a not-so-secret ingredient – Kikkoman Soy Sauce – to really fire up the umami factor. And that's not all. It's also topped off with a punchy green chilli, mint and coriander chutney that's seriously moreish.
An Indian-inspired lentil dish with bundles of flavour
Prep time20min
Cook time40min
Total time1h
Serves4
CuisineIndian
MealDinner
Ingredients
- 2 onions, diced
- 5 garlic cloves, crushed
- 3 potatoes, peeled and diced
- 250g cherry tomatoes (120g for dal and the rest for topping)
- 3 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 tbsp garam masala
- 2 tsp turmeric
- 1 tsp ground coriander
- 300g red lentils, washed
- 1.2 litres vegan vegetable stock
- Kikkoman Soy Sauce
- Juice of 1 lemon
- 2 green chillies, halved and deseeded
- Handful fresh mint leaves
- Handful fresh coriander leaves
- 1 tbsp grated coconut
- 1 tbsp grated ginger
- 2 tsp sugar
- 250g pot plain oat yoghurt
Instructions
For the dal:
- Heat up the oil in a small pan. Fry the onions, garlic and potatoes until soft but not brown.
- Add the garam masala, turmeric and ground coriander and continue cooking for 1-2 minutes.
- Add the lentils, 120g tomatoes and stock and cook for a further 30 minutes. Season with 4 tbsp Kikkoman Soy Sauce and lemon juice.
For the chutney:
- Puree the chillies, herbs, grated coconut, ginger, sugar, 2 tbsp lemon juice, 2 tbsp Kikkoman Soy Sauce and a little water.
- Quarter the remaining tomatoes. Serve the dal with the tomatoes on top, a spoon of the chutney and a drizzle of oat yoghurt.
Recipe by
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Comments (4)
It looks very pretty.
Almost too pretty to eat and spoil the look... almost 😉
Lol almost