Sweet & Sour Lentils

Ocean~Ivy's Note:

Easy sweet & sour dish to prepare.

• Total Time: 25 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• ½ lb dried lentils
• ½ cup vegetable stock
• 1⁄3; cup apple cider
• ¼ cup apple cider vinegar
• 1 ½ tablespoons sugar
• 1 tablespoon molasses
• 1⁄8; teaspoon ground cloves
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 tablespoon chopped scallion
• 1 dash cayenne
• chopped fresh ginger , to taste
• salt

Directions:

1. Cook the lentils in 3 cups of stock or water.
2. In a small saucepan combine the stock, cider, vinegar, sugar and molasses.
3. Add in the cloves, bay leaves, scallions, cayenne and ginger.
4. Bring mixture to a boil; boil 2 minutes.
5. Combine with cooked lentils and their liquid.
6. Add the salt and cook until hot and bubbling.
7. You may serve with basmati rice.

Reviews

[Charishma_Ramchandani]

I made this a few days back. I substituted the molasses with brown sugar. I did not know what apple cider is, so, I had to omit that. But, I used 1/2 + 1/3 cup of apple cider vinegar instead. I did not use fresh ginger at all(to be honest, I was too lazy to chop it that day). I cooked the lentils in about 6 cups of water + 3 cups of vegetable stock upto 4 pressure cooker whistles. The rest, I followed the recipe. Served it over hot Basmati rice and it was well loved by all at home. Thank U for sharing it. Its a great lentil recipe u got :)

[yogi]

This is going to be one of my standard recipes!! Very flavorful. I didn't have molasses or apple cider, so added a little brown sugar and it still turned out great. Especially like the ginger.