Lentils with Tomatoes and Rice
- Number of Servings: 6
Ingredients
1 tbsp olive oil2 tbsp finely chopped onion1 cup lentils, rinsed3 cups water1 can (10 ounces) diced tomatoes1/2 tsp minced garlic1 cup long-grain white rice1-1/2 tsp grated fresh ginger1 tbsp curry powder2 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice2 tbsp chopped fresh cilantro
Heat olive oil in large, heavy saucepan or skillet.
Add onion and cook over medium-low heat until onion is softened but not browned, about 2 to 3 minutes.
Add rinsed and drained lentils and water.
Cover and bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes.
Add tomatoes with juice to the pan.
Stir in the garlic, rice, ginger, and curry powder and cook covered 15 to 20 minutes or until lentils are softened but still somewhat firm, or done to your taste.
Add more water as needed so mixture doesn't dry out.
Remove from heat and stir in lemon juice, garnish with cilantro.
Number of Servings: 6
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user PAULA26.
Add onion and cook over medium-low heat until onion is softened but not browned, about 2 to 3 minutes.
Add rinsed and drained lentils and water.
Cover and bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes.
Add tomatoes with juice to the pan.
Stir in the garlic, rice, ginger, and curry powder and cook covered 15 to 20 minutes or until lentils are softened but still somewhat firm, or done to your taste.
Add more water as needed so mixture doesn't dry out.
Remove from heat and stir in lemon juice, garnish with cilantro.
Number of Servings: 6
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user PAULA26.
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 105.6
- Total Fat: 2.7 g
- Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
- Sodium: 45.5 mg
- Total Carbs: 16.8 g
- Dietary Fiber: 3.5 g
- Protein: 4.2 g
Member Reviews
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IAMFREETORUN
Just made a pot of this and loved it. I had to sub powders for garlic and ginger, omitted the onion, used brown rice, and it turned out delicious! Those who said it wasn't salty enough maybe need to cut back? I eat very little salt and this tasted great to me. Great high fibre side for meat dishes! - 7/1/09
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KASRAV8468
I come from India. And this is almost a staple diet for some of us. Love it. Thanks Paula for sharing. One option is to pressure cook the lentils - with a ratio of 1:1 Lentils 1 Water 1. You can try this with Kidney Beans as well - dont know how it will affec the calories though :-) - 3/27/08
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ADLMTL
For accurate calorie count, it seems one must use 1 cup pre-COOKED rice, or much less uncooked rice. Made with 1 cup UNCOOKED rice, the calories/1 serving is about twice as much as listed. 1 cup uncooked rice=675 cal, so each serving would have 110 cal just from the rice, +more from the lentils,etc - 6/27/13