Hello Lentil Dal-ly

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 4
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 102.9
  • Total Fat: 1.6 g
  • Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
  • Sodium: 877.4 mg
  • Total Carbs: 18.2 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 5.8 g
  • Protein: 5.5 g

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Introduction

From Tesca Reno's Eat Clean Diet Stripped. Very tasty and easy to make. Leave plenty of time to cook it completly. From Tesca Reno's Eat Clean Diet Stripped. Very tasty and easy to make. Leave plenty of time to cook it completly.
Number of Servings: 4

Ingredients

    3 cloves garlic, smashed
    1 piece fresh ginger about the sixe of large thumb, peeled and roughly chopped
    1 onion, roughly chopped
    1 green pepper, seeded and roughly chopped
    1 banana pepper, seeded and roughly chopped
    1 jalapeno, seeds removed and roughly chopped
    1 t olive oil
    2 t turmeric
    1 t cumin
    1/2 T sea salt
    1/2 t freshly ground black pepper
    1 C rinsed and drained brown (I used greed) lentils
    juice of 1 lemon
    1/2 yoghurt cheese to garnish (optional)
    1/4 C chopped cilantro (optional)

Directions

In a food processor, pulse garlic, ginger, onion, peppers and jalapeno until finely chopped.
Heat olive oil in a medium pot over medium-high heat. Add processed vegetables, turmeric, cumin, salt and pepper. Cook until vegetables are soft, but not browned, about 3 minutes. Stir in lentils and 3 1/2 cups water. Bring to a boil, cover, reduce heat to low and simmer, stirring occasionally, one hour and 15 minutes. Uncover and remove from heat.

Using potato masher, mash lentils until ostly smooth. Stir in lemon juice and serve. Top each servin with 2 T yoghurt cheese (if desired) and 1 T cilantro, if desired.

Serving Size: makes 4 1- cup servings

Number of Servings: 4

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user HILLRUNNER.