Spicy Lentils

chia's Note:

nice vegetable lovers side dish.

• Total Time: 2 hrs 10 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients:

Servings: 12

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 cups chopped onions
• 1 tablespoon grated ginger
• salt
• black pepper
• 2 tablespoons chopped garlic
• 2 teaspoons ground cumin
• 2 teaspoons curry powder
• 1 teaspoon ground coriander
• 2 1/2 cups water
• 2 cups chicken broth
• 2 cups dried red lentils
• 3 bay leaves
• 1 cup plain yogurt
• 3/4 cup tomato puree

Directions:

1. Heat oil in a dutch oven over medium heat and add onions, ginger, and a dash of salt& pepper.
2. Cover and cook for 10 mins until soft.
3. Add garlic, curry powder, cumin, coriander and cook for 1 minute.
4. Add water, broth, lentils and bay leaves and bring to the boil.
5. Cover and reduce heat, simmer for 2 hrs until tender and the liquid is absorbed.
6. Remove bay leaves, add the yogurt and tomato puree and simmer 5 minutes until heated through.

Reviews

[CarlB]

Excellent! I used petit french green lentils 'cause that's what I had. It only took one hour (not two) to reach the texture I like. After it sat for an hour all the spices really kicked in. I am a happy dude.

[spatchcock]

This was a hearty meal that we really enjoyed. I served mashed sweet potatoes and mean chef's Lemon Butter Broccoli with this. I actually didn't let it cook down as much and it was still rather soupy, which suited us just fine! Thanks for posting!

[love4culinary]

This was simply fabulous! I love lentils, especially made like this... so this made for a fabulous dish for us! I didnt make the whole recipe as 12 servings is just way too much for us. I halved it so that I would have leftovers. I used a bit more spices than required for 1/2 of the recipe as we really like the kick :-) The only thing I did do different was to use vegetable broth instead of chicken broth, because it was all that I had on hand at the time...as its what I generally use in most of the dishes that I make. Thanks for this recipe! I will be making this again..soon :-)