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Main Dishes / Versatile Lentil Sauce
« on: March 25, 2011, 05:52:43 am »
Name of Recipe:Versatile Lentil Sauce
Number of People:4-6
Ingredients:
1 onion cut in half
1-2 cloves garlic
1-2 tbs EVO (olive oil)
1 zucchini roughly chopped (no need to peel)
2 carrots roughly chopped (no need to peel)
250g lentils (rinsed)
1 tin tomatoes
500g water
1tbs veg stock concentrate (or to taste)
1tsp cornflour
Optional: 100g bacon/ham chopped up, cooked left over sausages, other veggies eg capsicum
Preparation:
1. Blitz onion and garlic for a few seconds on speed 5
2. Add EVO and cook 3 min/speed 1/100C
3. Add carrot and zucchini /other veggies and blitz for 2-3 seconds on speed 4-5 (check as you go, depend on how fine you want it)
4. Add all other ingredients and cook 16 min/ reverse speed soft/ 100C
5. Throw in bacon/cooked meat at about 12 min just to warm through
Photos:
Tips/Hints:
I made this into 2 meals to suit different family tastes. I boiled some pasta on the stove for the kids and they loved it. After I cooked the lentils I put into the thermoserver and then cooked the biryani rice p94MOTM book and DH and I sprinkled some chilli, ground cumin & coriander to make it more like a daal. You could also use for lasagna or even tacos I think.
It is adapted from a Turkish soup recipe I was taught years ago, but in that case you were supposed to stir in stock as the lentils cooked (and no bacon in that one!!). I often add parsley/basil/oregano to make it more Italian.
I was so thrilled we could all eat food we enjoyed without making compromise on taste, we get bored of kids food and kids are not that adventurous with their eating.
Number of People:4-6
Ingredients:
1 onion cut in half
1-2 cloves garlic
1-2 tbs EVO (olive oil)
1 zucchini roughly chopped (no need to peel)
2 carrots roughly chopped (no need to peel)
250g lentils (rinsed)
1 tin tomatoes
500g water
1tbs veg stock concentrate (or to taste)
1tsp cornflour
Optional: 100g bacon/ham chopped up, cooked left over sausages, other veggies eg capsicum
Preparation:
1. Blitz onion and garlic for a few seconds on speed 5
2. Add EVO and cook 3 min/speed 1/100C
3. Add carrot and zucchini /other veggies and blitz for 2-3 seconds on speed 4-5 (check as you go, depend on how fine you want it)
4. Add all other ingredients and cook 16 min/ reverse speed soft/ 100C
5. Throw in bacon/cooked meat at about 12 min just to warm through
Photos:
Tips/Hints:
I made this into 2 meals to suit different family tastes. I boiled some pasta on the stove for the kids and they loved it. After I cooked the lentils I put into the thermoserver and then cooked the biryani rice p94MOTM book and DH and I sprinkled some chilli, ground cumin & coriander to make it more like a daal. You could also use for lasagna or even tacos I think.
It is adapted from a Turkish soup recipe I was taught years ago, but in that case you were supposed to stir in stock as the lentils cooked (and no bacon in that one!!). I often add parsley/basil/oregano to make it more Italian.
I was so thrilled we could all eat food we enjoyed without making compromise on taste, we get bored of kids food and kids are not that adventurous with their eating.