My Curry Recipe

Many of you know that my favorite food is curry. When I make it at home, this usually what I use:

1/2 a tube of ginger
4-6 cloves of garlic, chopped
1 tablespoon of cumin seed
1 onion, chopped
1 teaspoon of each: turmeric, coriander, chili powder, and garam masala
1 can of whole tomatoes
1/2 can of coconut milk
1 can of lentils
olive oil
salt

Fry the onion, ginger, garlic and cumin seed in oil until the onions get soft and a bit clear. Then add the turmeric, coriander, chili powder and garam masala and stir to mix it all up. Next, add the can of tomatoes and break up the whole tomatoes into pieces. Add the coconut milk and the lentils (without the juice from the can) and let it boil down until it's thicker than a milkshake. Taste it and add more spices and salt until it's the way you like it.

Optionally, I often use additional spices like cardamon or fennel seed if I have them. Also, you can use cow's milk instead of coconut milk if you don't want it to taste sweet. I usually use more chili powder too, but that's because I like my curry to be spicy.

If you can't find canned lentils, try dried lentils from one of the Brazilian stores in Fuji or Numazu. They're cheaper and they cook pretty quickly.