Lentil stew with crusty bread
Lentil stew with crusty bread

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If the stew gets a bit thick simply add small amounts of water to avoid sticky stew or burning. It should have stew juices to soak up with crusty bread loaf or baguette. When the lentils are soft you can stop cooking. Serve in bowls with warm crusty bread and garnish with sliced red chillies and fresh coriander leaves.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook lentil stew with crusty bread using 19 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Lentil stew with crusty bread:
  1. Make ready 1 cup dried green lentils (soaked overnight - do not use tinned)
  2. Take 1 medium sized onion diced
  3. Make ready 2 ripe tomatoes diced
  4. Take 2 medium sized carrots diced
  5. Get 5 cloves garlic
  6. Make ready 3 teaspoons ground cumin
  7. Make ready 1 teaspoon ground all spice
  8. Make ready 1 teaspoon ground coriander
  9. Take 3 bay leaves
  10. Make ready 2 tablespoons paprika
  11. Take 1-2 tablespoons olive oil
  12. Take 750 ml water for cooking
  13. Take 2 long red chillies
  14. Make ready Salt - according to your taste
  15. Make ready 1 tablespoon black pepper
  16. Take Variations to stew can be made for more vegetables to be added:
  17. Get 2 small white eggplant diced
  18. Get 2 green zucchini diced
  19. Get 2 tablespoons harrissa

It should have stew juices to soak up with crusty bread loaf or baguette. When the lentils are soft you can stop cooking. Serve in bowls with warm crusty bread and garnish with sliced red chillies and fresh coriander leaves. The medley of vegetables and herbs creates a thick, flavorful, and comforting stew that is just begging for some crusty bread to sop it all up.

Steps to make Lentil stew with crusty bread:
  1. Add the olive oil to a stock pot (large pot). Add the onion and cook until opaque on medium heat. Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute stirring until fragrant. Add the sliced chillies leaving a few for garnish at the end.
  2. Add the diced tomatoes and all of the spices (cumin, coriander, all spice, paprika, bay leaf, salt and pepper) and stir until combined. Add 250ml of the water to combine ingredients and cook for 3-5 minutes.
  3. Add the lentils, carrots and the rest of the water. You can either soak them overnight to reduce cooking time or you can add more water (500ml) to recipe and cook them longer if you haven't soaked them. Cook from 1-3hrs on low heat. Keep an eye on them to make sure they aren't sticking to the bottom of your pot otherwise it will get a bitter burnt taste.
  4. If the stew gets a bit thick simply add small amounts of water to avoid sticky stew or burning. It should have stew juices to soak up with crusty bread loaf or baguette.
  5. When the lentils are soft you can stop cooking. Serve in bowls with warm crusty bread and garnish with sliced red chillies and fresh coriander leaves.
  6. Bon appetit!

Serve in bowls with warm crusty bread and garnish with sliced red chillies and fresh coriander leaves. The medley of vegetables and herbs creates a thick, flavorful, and comforting stew that is just begging for some crusty bread to sop it all up. ABOUT THE RECIPE: The satisfying combo of my favorite root vegetables, combined with a lively lentil trio, makes a hearty and filling Root Veggie and Lentil Trio Stew. Serve it with warm, crusty bread for a delicious and satisfying one-bowl meal. The red split lentils make for a good hit of protein that simmers to completion quickly.

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