{"id":1909,"slug":"lentil-potato-and-tomato-curry","title":"Lentil, Potato, and Tomato Curry","description":"This creates a healthy, inexpensive and easy stew with depths of flavor. This recipe is fairly low on the heat scale, but feel free to add more cayenne pepper to up its spiciness. It is excellent served with chapatis or rice.","ingredients_raw":["1 cup red split lentils","4 cups water","1 teaspoon salt","1 bay leaf","1 tablespoon margarine or butter","1 tablespoon olive oil","2 large potatoes, cut into ½ inch cubes","1 teaspoon turmeric","½ teaspoon cayenne pepper","28 ounces canned diced tomatoes","2 teaspoons garam masala","1 teaspoon honey or sugar"],"ingredients_norm":["red split lentil","water","salt","bay leaf","margarine or butter","olive oil","potato","turmeric","cayenne pepper","canned diced tomato","garam masala","honey or sugar"],"steps":["In a large pot, combine and cook water, lentils, salt and bay leaf.","In a large frying pan, combine potatoes, turmeric, cayenne pepper, olive oil and margarine. Fry for 5–10 minutes.","Add potato mixture to the pot with the lentils along with all remaining ingredients. Cook until the potatoes are soft and tender.","Remove bay leaf before serving."],"categories":["Stew recipes","Recipes using potato","Recipes using red lentil","Recipes using tomato","Recipes for curry","Recipes for stew","Indian recipes","Boiled recipes","Recipes using bay leaf","Recipes using sugar","Recipes using cayenne","Recipes using garam masala","Recipes using honey","Vegetarian recipes","Recipes using margarine"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":null,"yield_text":null,"difficulty":"easy","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Lentil,_Potato,_and_Tomato_Curry","source_ref":"4518639","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Lentil,_Potato,_and_Tomato_Curry&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"933e83caa53b8ca00df51d7d9c6ff7e21d5b5c3b8b848fe1f2b3464072e94d94","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:07Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:07Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/lentil-potato-and-tomato-curry"}