Best 7 Coconut Lentil Curry Recipes

SPICY LENTIL-COCONUT CURRY/SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, simmer lentils in 2 cups water for 30 minutes or until soft. Remove from heat.
• Combine lentils and their cooking liquid with turmeric & salt in a blender or food processor. Blitz 10-15 seconds or until fairly smooth. Return to saucepan.
• Add cilantro, coconut, brown sugar, cumin powder, coriander, cayenne, , cinnamon and garam masala. Stir well. Cover and set aside.
• In a large frying pan or skillet, heat the oil.
• Add hing, seed mixture and hot red peppers. Sauté until the seeds begin to pop. This will only take a few seconds!
• Add the fennel, garlic and jalapeño, sauté until halfway to soft. Add tomatoes, continue sautéing until fennel is soft and tomatoes are hot and beginning to lose their shape. Remove from heat.
• Add fennel/tomato mixture to lentil mixture in saucepan. Stir well. For soup, add the extra 2/3 cup water. Cover and cook on low heat 15 minutes. Remove hot red peppers before serving.

VEGETARIAN RED LENTIL COCONUT CURRY

Steps:

• Rinse lentils with cold water until water runs clear. Drain and set aside.
• Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add garlic and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add carrots and onion. Season with a pinch of salt and pepper to help vegetables release their liquid. Cook, stirring occasionally, until onions are translucent, about 5 minutes.
• Add tomatoes and another pinch of salt. Cook, stirring occasionally, for 3 minutes. Stir in vegetable stock and lentils. Increase heat to high and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat to low and cover. Simmer, stirring every so often, for 45 minutes. Stir in coconut milk, curry paste, curry powder, cumin, and chili powder. Simmer, uncovered, for 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.

LENTIL VEGETABLE COCONUT CURRY SOUP

Steps:

• Heat coconut oil in a heavy-bottomed large soup pot on medium until a drop of water sizzles in it; be careful not to let the oil smoke.
• Add garlic and saute for 1 min, stirring.
• Continue to stir fairly frequently as you add more veggies, and keep the lid on in between stirring. Add onion and saute 5 minute Add carrots and celery and saute another 5 minute Add the cauliflower, potato and kale, and saute another 5 minute
• Add the curry, garam masala, cumin, turmeric, coriander, and chili powder and stir. Let saute a few more minutes, and then add everything else. (NOTE: if you prefer, you can use more bouillon instead of the granulated garlic, granulated onion and celery powder.).
• Bring to a boil uncovered, stirring occasionally, and then reduce to medium low and partially cover.
• Stir occasionally and test lentils after about 25 minutes. Continue cooking until they are soft. If you find the broth needs more flavor, add more bouillon or more of the curry seasonings.
• Serve with lemon or lime wedges to squeeze into the soup.

COCONUT CURRY LENTIL SOUP WITH SPICY SHRIMP RECIPE - (4/5)

Steps:

• Peel and clean shrimp, marinate in pinches of cumin, turmeric, curry powder, cayenne, Sriracha, salt, pepper, and extra-virgin olive oil. Rinse green and red lentils, set aside. Toast turmeric, cumin, curry powder and ginger in small saute pan over low heat. In a large saute pan, saute onions and carrots in 2 tablespoons of butter until onion is slightly translucent, then add garlic. Cook for 2 minutes. Deglaze the pan with 1 cup. chicken stock. Add toasted spices, coconut milk, curry paste, tomato paste, lentils and simmer over low heat for 15 to 20 minutes. Heat a grill pan to medium high heat, cook shrimp 3 minutes each side. Spoon soup into bowls, place 3 shrimp tail up in the middle of each bowl, garnish with scallions.

LENTIL SWEET POTATO COCONUT CURRY

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large pan over medium high heat.
• Sauté the onions, garlic and ginger until onions are tender, but not browned.
• Add the curry powder and stir through.
• Add the lentils, sweet potato and courgette, stir and just barely cover with water (you can use vegetable or chicken stock if you prefer).
• Reduce heat and simmer covered for about 20 minutes until the potatoes are tender and the lentils are tender. If there's quite a bit of liquid you can add more lentils. Add salt to taste.
• Add coconut milk and simmer for a few minutes.
• Serve over rice, with naan or just enjoy on its own.

COCONUT RED LENTIL CURRY

Steps:

• In a deep 12-inch skillet, heat 1 tablespoon oil over medium-high heat. Add cauliflower and cook 3 minutes, stirring occasionally, until lightly browned; set aside.
• Reduce heat to medium and add remaining oil. Sauté onion 2 minutes until soft. Add garlic and ginger and cook, stirring, 1 minute. Add cumin, turmeric, coriander, salt and serrano peppers; stir well and cook 1 minute or until spices are fragrant. Add lentils, stir well to coat. Stir in diced tomatoes and broth; bring to a boil. Cover and reduce heat to medium-low, simmer 12 minutes.
• Stir in coconut milk, carrots and cauliflower. Simmer 10 minutes. Add peas and continue to simmer 5 minutes. If desired, top with chopped cilantro and serve with yogurt and warm naan bread.

EGG AND LENTIL CURRY WITH COCONUT AND PICKLED LIME

Steps:

• Peel onion, cut it in half and into thin slices. Set aside.
• Combine chili, garlic, lime pickle, ginger root and lime zest in prep bowl as follows: De-seed and finely chop the chili. Put in a prep bowl. Add peeled, chopped garlic, finely chopped lime pickle, finely grated ginger and lime zest. Add turmeric and fenugreek.
• Shred creamed coconut with a sharp knife and placed in a heatproof 4 cup measuring jug. Cover with boiling water up to 1 pint (570 ml) Stir.
• Heat frying pan over a medium heat. When hot, measure the whole spices (cardamom, cumin, fennel and coriander) into it. Dry roast spices for 2 - 3 minutes, shaking the pan from time to time to toss them around a bit. Don't roast too long. Remove from the heat and put into a mortar. Crush.
• Heat same pan over medium high and add the oil. When hot, add the onions. Brown onions until fairly dark - about 4 minute Add chili etc. from prep bowl, ground roasted spices and coconut water mixture and lentils.
• Cover and simmer as gently as possible for 45 minutes, stirring it now and then (don't add any salt at this stage).
• While lentils are cooking, hard boil eggs. Cool under running cold water. When cool enough to handle, peel under the running water and slice in half.
• When the sauce is ready, season it well with salt and add the lime juice.
• Put the eggs on top of the sauce, and cook covered for a couple of minutes to heat eggs.
• Serve the egg curry with rice, some more lime pickle and perhaps some mango chutney to add a touch of sweetness.