Cooking With Coconut Milk – The Forward

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons sunflower oil
• 1 red onions, finely chopped
• 1 birds’s eye chili, seeded and finely sliced*
• 2 garlic cloves, chopped
• 1-inch piece fresh lemongrass, outer leaves remover and inside finely sliced
• Scant 1 cup of red lentils, rinsed
• 2 teaspoon ground coriander
• 2 teaspoon paprika
• 1 2/3 cup coconut milk
• 3 3/4 cups water
• Juice of 1 lime
• 3 scallions, chopped
• Scant 1 cup fresh cilantro, finely chopped