Slow cooker red lentil curry|Red lentil,onion and pumpkin curry with potao served in samosa wraps|Masoor daal with onion and pumpkin

The idea of going back to your roots and doing what your mother or grandmother cooked is quite therapeutic!A traditional recipe cooked traditinally in a SLOW COOKER on low heat is what is this RED LENTIL CURRY all about.

I always talk about fuss free and quick food with available local ingredients.This is one example but exotic example of that.

My grandmother whenever she used to cook this Red lentil curry on a small stove top,I used to wait to eat it.
The aroma in the house,the eagerness on everybodys taste buds !!Oh so tantalizing!

Food is fulfilment and nothing could be more fulfilling than sonmething familial!

Cooking this in SLOW COOKER OF CROCKPOT makes it all the more tastier and rich!
Also it gives me time to watch my favourite TV show,bake cookies,get my sons homework done!!yayyyy!!

Lets not wait anymore and lets get down to work!

Preparation time:30 minutes
Cooking time(Crockpot Slow Cooker):5 to 6 hours
Yields:4

Ingredients:
For red lentil curry:

1. 2 cups red lentil(Whole Masoor Dal)
2. 2 tbsp Vegetable Oil
3. 1 cup finely chopped onions
4. 1 cup finely chopped tomatoes
5. 1/2 cup finely chopped garlic
6. 1 tsp ginger paste
7. 1 cup diced pumpkin
8. 4 to 6 cups water
9. 2 tsp turmeric powder
10. 4 tsp red chilli powder
11. Salt as per taste

For potato in Samosa/wonton wraps

1. 4 samosa/wonton wraps available in supermarket
2. 2 cups boiled potatoes  mashed with 1 tsp red chilli powder and 1 tsp salt
3. 4 tbsp vegetable oil for roasting the wraps

RECIPE:

1. Take one samosa wrap at a time,lay it on c hopping board .Place 2 tsp potao mash on one half of wrap.Fold the other half of wrap to completely enclose the potato mash.Brush water on edges of wrap for it to stick.Refrigerate for 10 minutes make such 4 wraps.Roast them with vegetable oil in a frying pan till they have a crisp golden brown cover.
2. Take a frying pan.Add vegetable oil to it on medium heat.Add onion ,garlic to it and saute till brown.
3. Add tomatoes to the frying pan and saute them till they loose moisture and shrink.
4. Add diced pumpkins and roast them for 2 minutes till they are brown and crisp.
5. Take CROCKPOT slow cooker.Add washed red lentils and all the ingredients of frying pan to it.Add water to it.
6. Add turmeric powder,red chilli powder and salt to the cooker.Cover it.Lentils should be cooked on low heat for 5 to 6 hours.Make sure lentils dont burn.Add water if needed.
7. Serve hot red lentil curry with potato in samosa wrap!

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