Recipe - Parippu (Lentil Curry)

100 g Lentils
25 g Onion
1 Dried chilli
1 Clove garlic
25 ml Oil
sprig curry leaves
One half teaspoon Chilli powder
One fourth teaspoon Coriander
300 ml Coconut milk
One half teaspoon Salt

Wash the lentils then soak them in water for about 1 hour. Slice the onion
and chilli and chop the garlic. Heat the oil and stir fry the onion,
chilli, garlic and curry leaves. Drain the lentils and add to the pan. Add
the chilli powder, the coriander powder and the coconut milk. Bring to the
boil and simmer until the lentils are soft. Add salt to taste. From "A
taste of Sri Lanka" by Indra Jayasekera, ISBN #962 224 010 0

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