Showing posts with label lentils. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lentils. Show all posts

18 April 2016

kedgeree

Serves 6



Poppy cooks...


  1. Soak
    1 cup puy lentils for at least an hour, then drain.

  2. In a saucepan, boil
    4 eggs with
    2 fillets salmon in a steamer insert above. Once the salmon is cooked through, flake; and once the eggs are cooked, cut into quarters; then set all aside.

  3. Saute
    2 onions, sliced to your desired level of caramelisation, then set aside.

  4. Melt
    2 tablespoons coconut oil in a large pan, then add
    1.5 cups basmati rice, lentils,
    2 bay leaves,
    4 garlic cloves, minced,
    knob of ginger, grated,
    sprinkle of chilli powder to your liking,
    1 teaspoon ground turmeric,
    2 teaspoons ground cumin,
    2 teaspoons ground coriander and stir until fragrant.

  5. Add
    3 cups filtered water and bring to the boil then reduce heat to low and cover, cooking until the rice and lentils are done.

  6. Stir through
    bag spinach, then add fish, eggs, onions and
    bunch parsley, chopped.

  7. Serve with a
    wedge of lemon.

20 November 2013

roast pumpkin + lentil stew

Serves 4


Ingredients
500g pumpkin, cubed
olive oil
celtic sea salt + cracked black pepper
onion, diced
1/2 teaspoon tomato paste
1/4 teaspoon chilli flakes
1/2 cup green lentils
1/2 cup chickpeas
green capsicum, diced
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 cup hot filtered water
lemon
dried mint, for garnish
sumac, for garnish


Method
  1. Place pumpkin on a roasting tray and coat with olive oil and seasoning. Roast for approximately 30 minutes or until starting to caramelise
  2. In a medium pot, saute onion in olive oil
  3. Stir through tomato paste and chilli flakes
  4. Stir through lentils and chickpeas
  5. Stir through capsicum and garlic until garlic gains a bit of colour
  6. Add water, juice from lemon and season to taste. Cook until lentils are cooked
  7. Stir through roast pumpkin and garnish with dried mint and sumac

Notes
To create more of a soup, you can add an extra cup of hot filtered water and serve with gluten free bread.