Ingredients:

• 1 can coconut milk
• 1 cup water or chicken broth
• 4 dried kefir lime leaves
• 1/2 onion diced
• 4 dry thai bird chillis
• 6 cloves garlic
• 1" ginger (minced)
• 1 cup dried red lentils
• 1 tsp fish sauce
• 1/2 bunch cilantro stems
• 1/2 bunch cilantro leaves
• 1 tsp salt
• 1.5 tsp cumin seeds

Steps:

1. Make a paste of the lime leaves, chilies, garlic, ginger, cilantro stems, cumin seeds, salt, and fish sauce. (add everything but fish sauce to mortar and pestle, and grind. Then add fish sauce)
2. sweat onions until translucent (5 - 10 minutes medium heat)
3. Add paste to onions and cook for 1 minute to remove raw edge
4. Add lentils, broth, coconut milk, bring to a boil, and redice to simmer until lentils are tender (30 minutes? with the lid on?)
5. stir in the cilantro

Notes:

if using a food processor to make the paste grind the chillis in a spice grinder seperately