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🍽️ Red Lentil Dal with Naan Bread and Raita

384 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• Wheat flour, Type 405 250 g
• Baking powder 1 tsp
• Yogurt, plain 150 g
• Olive oil 1 tbsp
• Salt pinch
• Pepper, black ground pinch
• Onions, yellow 1 pc.
• Carrots 2 pc.
• Cucumbers 0.5 pc.
• Organic Limes 1 pc.
• Sugar pinch
• Oil 1 tbsp
• Chili, ground pinch
• Lentils, red 250 g
• Tomatoes, chopped 600 g

Instructions

1. 1. Put flour, baking powder, 100 grams of yogurt, olive oil, 2 tablespoons of water, and a pinch of salt into a bowl.
2. 2. Mix the ingredients with a hand mixer and dough hooks until you have a smooth dough.
3. 3. Cover the naan dough with a kitchen towel and let it rest.
4. 4. Halve the onions, peel them, and chop them finely.
5. 5. Wash and peel the carrots and slice them thinly.
6. 6. Wash the cucumber and grate it coarsely into a bowl.
7. 7. Halve the lime and squeeze out the juice.
8. 8. Add the remaining yogurt to the grated cucumber in the bowl.
9. 9. Season the raita with 2 teaspoons of lime juice, sugar, salt, and pepper.
10. 10. Heat oil in a pot over medium heat.
11. 11. Fry the onions, carrots, and chili for about 2 minutes.
12. 12. Add the lentils and fry them for another 3 minutes.
13. 13. Add the tomatoes and about 100 milliliters of water.
14. 14. Simmer the dal covered over medium heat for about 15 minutes.
15. 15. Season the dal with salt and pepper to taste.
16. 16. Divide the naan dough into 8 equal portions.
17. 17. Knead the dough pieces briefly and roll them out into flatbreads about 0.5 centimeters thick.
18. 18. Heat a pan over medium heat.
19. 19. Bake the naan breads without fat for about 2 minutes on each side.
20. 20. Plate the dal and serve it with naan bread and raita.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 384
• Protein: 16 g · Fett/Fat: 12 g · Carbs: 54 g