Spicy Lentil without Oil

You can call this as lentil soup and eat with baguette, naan rotis or with soft cooked brown rice or just without anything as light dinner.

here you go :

Ingredients:

1) any whole lentil (not dal)

2) Tomatoes

3) Onions

4) Potatoes

5) Turmeric Powder

6) Salt

7) Tamarind or lemon juice or dried skin of Kokam fruit

Spice mix Ingredients:

1) Coriander Seeds

2) cinnamon stick one small

3) Cumin

4) Red Chilies dried

5) Dry unsweetened coconut flakes or fresh grated coconut

6) 2 Cloves

7) 2 Cardamom

8) pepper corns

Procedure:

1. Soak the lentil of your choice for about an hour or more possible.
   
2. In a cooking pot let half a liter water boil, now add deseeded finely chopped tomatoes onion turmeric powder, soaked lentil and Salt to it.
3. Switch the flame to medium cover with lid and let it cook for about 30 35 mins.
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6. Soak the tamarind or dried skin of kokam fruit on water for 20 mins
   
7. by the time your lentil is getting cooked and kokam is getting soaked in water we can prepare the spice mix.
8. Take all spices mentioned and roast in a little bit of oil till everything is bit crunchy and be carefull you dont burn them so do it on medium flame.
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10. Put all the roasted ingredients in blender and some water in it and grind it to a very fine paste
    
11. As soon your lentil is soft cooked add the grinded paste to your lentil and also add the tamarind or kokam soaked water to it or lemon juice will also do.
12. Use the spicy dried chilies specially the Thai or Indian chilies.
13. let all this mixture boil well and simmer for a while
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15. Enjoy!!!!  and let me know your reviews and comments.