100 simple One pot Lentil curries

Another one for Susan's Legume Love Affair event.

All these 100 curries are designed to be cooked in a single pot, or rather a pressure cooker. It is very tough to go wrong cooking a lentil curry unless you burn stuff or add too much of salt / spices.

You can safely overcook dal. They’ll be mushy, of course, but will still taste great.

Column 1 lists various lentils commonly used across India.

A variety of goodies can be cooked along with the dal as listed in column 2. Anything edible tastes good with Dal. Be creative and use your favourite goodies. In some parts of India lacking fresh vegetables, torn papads / torn up chapattis are used as vegetable substitutes.

Fried spices are used as a garnish in most dal curries, adding a burst of flavour. Heat a spoon of oil, add a pinch of cumin / mustard seeds and mix them into the dal just before serving. Be careful not to burn the spices!