Hot Dogs with Dal and Red-Onion Raita

Ingredients

• Lemon wedges
• 6 all-beef hot dogs
• 6 hot dog buns
• 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice or lime juice
• 2 teaspoons red jalapeño or serrano chile
• 2 ½ cups water
• ½ cup green or brown lentils
• + 7 more ingredients
• • 2 tablespoons fresh mint
  • ½ medium red onion
  • Coarse kosher salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground cumin
  • naan, or pita breads
  • ¼ teaspoon ground turmeric
  • 2 tablespoons plain whole-milk yogurt

Rinse lentils; place in medium saucepan. Add 21/2 cups water, cumin, and turmeric; bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium-low; cover and cook until lentils are tender, about 35 minutes. Drain, reserving cooking liquid. Mash lentils in pan to coarse sauce, adding reserved cooking liquid by tablespoo...

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