lentil love fest.

                            

 

lentil love fest

list it.

a few circles of olive oil

medium brown onion

garlic clove (s) chopped

1/2 repunzel bullion

mix of spices:

cumin, garam masala, curry

you can do a teaspoon (each) or less of these

1/2 cardamom pods (if you want to go deeper)

i tend towards no spice so i just do a hint of each for the flavor

1 1/4 puy, cardina, green or brown lentils

2 tomatoes peeled and chopped

spinach/chard/kale cut/chopped into ribbons

juice of one lemon 

(meyer lemon is the best about now)

sea salt/pepper if want

do it.

heat oil in sauce pan on medium

add onion (let glaze, see pic)

about 5+ minutes

add garlic, spices, bullion mix well 

cook for a bit more

add lentils

add about 3 cups of water

bring to boil

then down to low with lid

cook for 40+ minutes

checking in every 10 minutes to stir

when lentils are soft:

add tomatoes, green ribbons, lemon juice, salt 

mix around, check in on it, 

might need more water or time to cook

with it.

i love this with a short grain brown rice, 

basmati or jasmine 

you can make white in 10 minutes

and brown in 25! 

grab a chunk of earth balance 

put it in your pot

the other 1/2 of the bullion

let it melt for a minute

add rice

add water

2:1 white

2 1/2:1 brown

boil then simmer with lid

put on timer

voila!

enjoy beauties

have a gorgeous friday

xxxx

adapted from eat drink live by fran warde