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Red Lentil Coconut Curry

19 mineasy4 servingsvegetarianveganunder-20-min

Ingredients

  • Lentils250 g, rinsedOn hand
  • Onion1 medium, dicedOn hand
  • Garlic3 cloves, mincedOn hand
  • Ginger2 tbsp, gratedOn hand
  • Curry powder2 tbspoptional
  • Coconut milk400 ml canoptional
  • Vegetable stock500 mloptional
  • Spinach100 goptional

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Steps

  1. 1

    Fry the onion, garlic and ginger in olive oil until soft.

    4 min

  2. 2

    Stir in the curry powder.

    1 min

  3. 3

    Add the lentils and the stock.

    1 min

  4. 4

    Simmer until the lentils collapse into a thick puree.

    10 min

  5. 5

    Stir in the coconut milk.

    1 min

  6. 6

    Simmer gently until it turns silky.

    2 min

Cook’s note. Red lentils catch on the bottom, so stir more often than feels necessary.

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