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    Home » Blogging Marathon » Healthy Sri Lankan Dal Mallum Recipe

    Healthy Sri Lankan Dal Mallum Recipe

    Published: Jan 10, 2018 · Modified: Dec 19, 2019 by Pavani · 12 Comments

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    Sri Lankan Dal Mallum is a simple everyday lentil dish that is hearty, comforting and delicious.

    Dhal Mallum

    I am starting this year's Blogging Marathon with 'Sinhalese Cuisine' as the theme. Sri Lankan cuisine sounds very exotic with influences from South Indian, Indonesian, Dutch and other South east Asian cuisines. But for the first day I have a very simple and delicious Sri Lankan Dal Mallum recipe.

    While I was looking for Sri Lankan recipes to make, I found quite a few dishes that sounded absolutely delicious and inviting. But when I saw this everyday lentil dish on My Sri Lankan recipes. Red Lentils are cooked with onion, garlic and grated coconut to make this comforting and delicious dish.Dhal MallumMy whole family loves lentils including the kids but the way I make dal is slightly different from this Sri Lankan version. I usually add some tomatoes or tamarind to make the dal taste tangy. So this dish with just onions and grated coconut sounded too bland in theory. But I shouldn't have worried about it.Dhal MallumThe dish turned out absolutely delicious. Lentils are cooked along with onion, garlic and chilies -- which impart lot of flavor to the dal. Also adding some fried onions afterwards along with grated coconut makes this dish irresistible. My kids loved it. It is a great side dish to serve with either rice or bread.

    bm-logoLets check out what my fellow marathoners have cooked today for BM# 84.

    Sri Lankan Dal Mallum

    Sri Lankan Dal Mallum is a simple everyday lentil dish that is hearty, comforting and delicious.
    Author: Pavani
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    Prep Time: 5 mins
    Cook Time: 20 mins
    Total Time: 25 mins
    Course: Main Course, Side Dish
    Cuisine: sri lankan
    Servings: 4 Servings

    Ingredients

    • 1 cup Red Lentils
    • 1 Large Red Onion, thinly sliced
    • 2 Garlic cloves, finely minced
    • 2 Green Chilies, slit in half
    • ¼ tsp turmeric
    • 2 tsp Oil
    • 1 tsp Mustard seeds
    • 1 tsp Cumin seeds
    • 8~10 curry leaves
    • ½ tsp Red Chili powder
    • 3 tbsp Fresh or dry coconut, grated
    • To taste salt

    Instructions

    • In a medium saute pan, combine red lentils, 2 cups water, half of the chopped onion, green chilies and turmeric. Bring the mixture to a boil. Lower the heat and simmer until the lentils are tender, but not mushy. Drain the lentils, if needed.
    • Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds and cumin seeds; once the seeds start to splutter, add curry leaves and the remaining chopped onions. Cook till the onions are translucent.
    • Add the cooked dal, red chili powder, salt and grated coconut. Mix well and cook for 3~4 minutes. Serve hot with rice or bread.
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    1. Mrs TJ

      January 10, 2018 at 9:30 am

      Nice dish.. we too make a kootu very similar to this.. as you have said we do add tomatoes and pressure cook the lentils.. a good twist to the original version!

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    2. Usha

      January 10, 2018 at 1:04 pm

      Such a comforting dal. Addition if coconut is interesting

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    3. Sandhya Ramakrishnan

      January 11, 2018 at 9:00 pm

      Love this variation of our dal with coconut. It looks wonderful and love the flavors.

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    4. Srivalli

      January 12, 2018 at 1:02 am

      Lovely dish and I too enjoyed reading through the cuisine..hopefully I should be able to cook..love your setup pavani..

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    5. Padmajha PJ

      January 12, 2018 at 3:25 am

      Such a simple dish! My kids will love it too. Like the addition of fried onions and grated coconut!

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    6. Priya Suresh

      January 12, 2018 at 10:29 am

      Such a simple and comforting dal, and the addition of coconut makes this dal mallum more interesting.

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    7. Jayashree

      January 12, 2018 at 7:03 pm

      A dry preparation with dal is something new to me. Looks good.

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    8. Kalyani

      January 13, 2018 at 1:13 pm

      simple flavours. amazing dish ! well done, Pavani..

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    9. Harini

      January 15, 2018 at 2:34 pm

      A very comforting dal version.

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    10. Chef Mireille

      January 15, 2018 at 11:28 pm

      with coconut and my fave lentil - looks delicious

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    11. Nisha Ramesh

      January 25, 2018 at 12:17 pm

      This sounds so interesting Pavani. I love mung dhal and I would relish it.

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    12. Sanat Biswal

      December 04, 2022 at 1:25 am

      5 stars
      Nice Recipe

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