Lentils winter fighter
- Number of Servings: 6
Ingredients
3 cups lentils (cooked) 1.5 cups onions raw chooped1 cups bell pepper chooped1 large clove of garlic1 tbsp cooking oil1.5 cup of tomato sauce 1 tbsp chili powder sal - pepper - cumin - hot spices to tastethis makes around 6 servings or 4 generous sized servings.
First you will need to cook the lentils, roughly one cup of uncooked lentils makes 3 cups of cooked ones. Wash lentils (you might wanna check if there are small rocks among the lentils, however i havent seen this happen in years) and boil them for around 30 minutes, add water as needed but do not add salt since will make them go hard and take longer to cook. they should be soft or maybe slightly uncooked in the center (it will feel like sand) Dont worry they will finish cooking afterwards. Once cook, drain any water and reserve
On a large pan add the oil, brown the chopped onion and chopped green pepper along with the chopped garlic. Once they are brown and cooked add the well drained lentils into the pan.
Mix tomato sauce with 1 tbsp of chili powder and any other spice you want to add. i like some extra cumin, red crushed peppers and oregano so i tend to add some, but chili powder alone is perfect.
Add tomato sauce with chili to the lentils and stir well, bring to boil, lower temperature and cover for the next 30 minutes with occasional stiring, the idea is to reduce water and let lentils absorb the tomato sauce and chili flavor.
It doesnt have to end up too dry, since lentils once out of the fire will absorb some extra moisture. Makes 6 servings or 4 large servings.
My mother used to add ground beef after the onion got brown and before dropping in the lentils.
If this turns out too acid, you can add fine grated carrot to the mixture to balance the acid with its sweetness.
I hope you enjoy it, i recently moved into michigan,. i have never been this cold in my life and the first meal i can think of to warm up my body and soul was this. Extremely similar to the chili americans do, but a great way to incorporate lentils and iron to my diet
Number of Servings: 6
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user NIKNOSAMA83.
On a large pan add the oil, brown the chopped onion and chopped green pepper along with the chopped garlic. Once they are brown and cooked add the well drained lentils into the pan.
Mix tomato sauce with 1 tbsp of chili powder and any other spice you want to add. i like some extra cumin, red crushed peppers and oregano so i tend to add some, but chili powder alone is perfect.
Add tomato sauce with chili to the lentils and stir well, bring to boil, lower temperature and cover for the next 30 minutes with occasional stiring, the idea is to reduce water and let lentils absorb the tomato sauce and chili flavor.
It doesnt have to end up too dry, since lentils once out of the fire will absorb some extra moisture. Makes 6 servings or 4 large servings.
My mother used to add ground beef after the onion got brown and before dropping in the lentils.
If this turns out too acid, you can add fine grated carrot to the mixture to balance the acid with its sweetness.
I hope you enjoy it, i recently moved into michigan,. i have never been this cold in my life and the first meal i can think of to warm up my body and soul was this. Extremely similar to the chili americans do, but a great way to incorporate lentils and iron to my diet
Number of Servings: 6
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user NIKNOSAMA83.
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 180.7
- Total Fat: 3.1 g
- Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
- Sodium: 337.3 mg
- Total Carbs: 30.3 g
- Dietary Fiber: 10.2 g
- Protein: 10.6 g
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