I am always looking for ways to introduce more legumes into our diet. They are associated with all sorts of health benefits and are high in minerals, protein and fibre so why not? In this case my ability to introduce lentils into our diet has been severely restricted because Linda doesn’t like them.
However, all is not lost!
My daughter (Angie) introduced me to a new lentil dish, the recipe for which she got from non-Indian friends of hers but from what I can gather it is a dahl of some description. So I cooked some up to see what it was like, and the miracle has occurred, Linda likes it! So it is ‘Angie’s Miracle Dahl’.
Ingredients
½ cup red lentils
1 ½ cups vegetable stock
½ onion diced
1 clove crushed garlic
1 tsp minced ginger
1 carrot diced
2 tsp oil
Greek yoghurt
1 tsp cumin (ground)
1 tsp coriander seed (ground)
1 tsp turmeric
Method
1. Wash lentils until the water runs clear
2. Place oil in a pot and sauté onion until tender
3. Add carrots and cook for a further 5 minutes
4. Place in a large pot the onion mixture, stock, spices, garlic, ginger and lentils
5. Bring to the boil and simmer until the lentils are tender and all the stock is absorbed (around 10 to 15 minutes)
6. Serve over cooked rice with Greek yoghurt on top.
We have found that also serving it with some stir fried greens made according to this recipe, makes the dish even better.
