{"id":1109,"date":"2021-03-08T20:38:11","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T03:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olivereats.ca\/?p=1109"},"modified":"2021-03-08T20:38:19","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T03:38:19","slug":"lentil-masala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olivereats.ca\/index.php\/2021\/03\/08\/lentil-masala\/","title":{"rendered":"Lentil Masala"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vegetarian and delicious!<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode-ingredients\"><h3>Ingredients<\/h3><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 cup lentils (any colour will work, but traditionally made with black lentils)<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 tsp cumin<\/li>\n<li>1 small onion, chopped<\/li>\n<li>1 1\/2 tsp minced ginger<\/li>\n<li>2 tsp garam masala<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 tsp cayenne (optional)<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup tomato pur\u00e9e\n<ul>\n<li>If you don&#8217;t have pur\u00e9e on hand, mix 1 part tomato paste to 3 parts water<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Salt and pepper<\/li>\n<li>Plain yogurt<\/li>\n<li>Fresh cilantro (garnish)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"shortcode-directions instructions\"><h3>Directions<\/h3><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rinse lentils and cook according to instructions.<\/li>\n<li>Heat oil in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Add cumin and let sizzle for a minute.<\/li>\n<li>Add chopped onion and cook until softened. Add minced ginger and heat through.<\/li>\n<li>Add garam masala and cayenne powder. Stir together and cook for a minute.<\/li>\n<li>Add tomato pur\u00e9e and stir to combine all ingredients together. Cook for 5-10 minutes until the colour deepens.<\/li>\n<li>Transfer the cooked lentils to the spiced tomato masala and combine. Add salt and pepper and allow everything to simmer for 20 minutes, adding more water if needed.<\/li>\n<li>Serve with a dollop of yogurt, sprinkling of garam masala, and fresh cilantro!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n\n<p>Thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/chiefspicemama\/?hl=en\">chiefspicemama <\/a>for the recipe!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vegetarian and delicious! Thanks to chiefspicemama for the recipe!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1110,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dinner","category-vegetarian"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/olivereats.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Kali-Dal-4-of-5.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7VfK8-hT","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olivereats.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1109"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olivereats.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olivereats.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olivereats.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olivereats.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1109"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olivereats.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1111,"href":"https:\/\/olivereats.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1109\/revisions\/1111"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olivereats.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olivereats.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olivereats.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olivereats.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}