Curried Lentils With Spinach Recipes

Steps:

• Wash lentils. Cook till tender but firm.
• Heat olive oil in large pot & when hot add garlic. Sautee for 1 minute. Add spinach leaves & steam till they wilt. Add lentils & rest of ingredients.
• Cover & simmer for 15 minutes.
• Serve over rice.

Steps:

• Heat oil in heavy large pot over medium-high heat. Add next 4 ingredients; sauté until golden, about 10 minutes. Stir in curry powder, ginger, cumin, bay leaf, and dried crushed red pepper. Add 9 1/2 cups water and dried lentils; bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer uncovered until lentils are tender, adding more water by 1/2 cupfuls to thin soup, if desired, about 25 minutes. Add spinach and cilantro; simmer until spinach is wilted, about 5 minutes. Season soup with salt and pepper. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Chill soup uncovered until cold, then cover and keep refrigerated. Rewarm soup over medium heat, thinning with water if desired before serving.)
• Ladle soup into bowls. Top each serving with spoonful of yogurt.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Cook chopped onion and garlic in olive oil in heatproof skillet over medium-low heat until trnaslucent.
• Stir in basmati rice, curry powder, salt and pepper and cook two more minutes.
• Add thawed and drained spinach, cooked lentils and coconut milk. Cover and bake 30-40 minutes.

Steps:

• In a large pot over medium heat, warm olive oil.
• Add onion, celery, carrot, garlic, and bay leaf. Saute until softened (about 5 minutes).
• Add tomatoes with juice, curry powder, lentils, and beef stock.
• Bring to a simmer. Cover partially and cook over medium-low heat until lentils are tender, stirring occasionally (about 30 minutes).
• Remove and discard bay leaf.
• Add salt and pepper to taste. Stir to mix well.
• Place spinach leaves into individual serving bowls.
• To serve, ladle soup into bowls with spinach.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 220C.
• Heat oil and cook onion for 5 minutes Add carrots and cook for a further 5 minutes Stir in curry paste.
• Add lentils, tomatoes, stock and seasoning (if desired)Simmer for 20 mins and leave to cool. Stir in chutney and peanuts.
• Wash the spinach and place in a pan cook in the dry pan until wilted, drain and cool.
• Chop spinach roughly and mix with feta.
• Roll pastry into a 12 inch square and keep any trimmings.
• Cut in half and place half the pastry on a greased baking tray.
• Spoon a third of the mix on the pastry leaving a gap of 1 inch around the sides.
• Place 1/2 the spinach next, followed by another third lentil, rest of spinach and rest of lentils.
• Run a lattice cutter over the remaining half of the pastry leaving and inch border.
• Lift the lattice onto the filling and gently strech until the two pastry borders.
• Use the trimmings to make star shapes to decorate.
• Bake on the top shelf for 20 mins until golden.
• rest for 10 mins before serving.
• Once cold this can be wrapped in foil and frozen for upto 1 month.

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven or pot, heat 2 tablespoons olive oil over medium-high. Add the sweet potatoes and cook, stirring occasionally, until browned all over, 5 to 7 minutes. Transfer the browned sweet potatoes to a plate and set aside.
• Add the remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil to the pot and set the heat to medium-low. Add the onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until translucent, 4 to 6 minutes. Add the curry paste, garlic, ginger, chile and turmeric, and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute.
• Add the lentils, stock, salt and browned sweet potatoes to the pot and bring to a boil over high. Lower the heat and simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until the lentils are just tender, 20 to 25 minutes.
• Add the coconut milk and simmer, stirring occasionally, until the liquid has reduced and the lentils are creamy and falling apart, 15 to 20 minutes.
• Add the spinach and stir until just wilted, 2 to 3 minutes. Off the heat, stir in the lime juice and season with salt to taste.
• Divide among shallow bowls and top with cilantro and coconut flakes, if using.

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a soup pot. Add the onion and saute over medium heat until golden.
• Add the lentils and 6 cups water and bring to a simmer. Stir in curry powder, cover, and simmer very gently for 35 to 40 minutes.
• When the lentils are mushy, stir in the spinach and check the consistency. If the soup is too thick, add about 1/4 cup water. Season with salt and additional curry powder, if desired.
• Simmer for another 5 minutes. If time allows, let the soup stand off the heat for an hour or so to develop flavor. Heat through as needed before serving.

Steps:

• Heat oil in heavy pot and sooknext four ingredients until golden, about 10 minutes.
• Stir in all spices and add water and lentils.
• Reduce heat and cook until lentils are tender, about 25 minutes.
• Add the spinach and cilantro and cook until wilted, about 5 minutes.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Serve topped with a spoonful of yogurt.