Being fortunate to have travelled a bit, I picked up this recipe while travelling in Africa. This simple dish is just perfect for a mid week “what to do” dish and takes no time at all. It ticks all the right boxes in that it’s delicious, homely and is perfect comfort food for a cold winters night to sit in front of the television watching your favourite movie.
If you are looking to have something to accompaniment the dish, I would suggest roti bread, but you can use naan or even a burrito wrap.
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Super Easy Lentil and Spinach Stew
Cuisine: African4
servings30
minutes40
minutesIngredients
1 Tbsp 1 olive oil
1 1 onion
3 3 cloves garlic
2 2 Roma tomatoes diced
2 Tbsp 2 tomato paste
1/4 cup 1/4 mixed coriander & parsley chopped
1/2 teaspoon 1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tsp 1 allspice
1/2 teaspoon 1/2 dried coriander ground
1 teaspoon 1 turmeric
1 tsp 1 paprika
3 cups 3 vegetable stock (or water if you don’t have any)
1 cup 1 red lentils
5 cups 5 fresh spinach leaves
Another 1/4 cup mixed coriander & parsley chopped
Directions
- In a medium-sized pot, saute the onion and garlic with the olive oil until soft and nearly golden.
- Then add the tomatoes and tomato paste and keep stirring until the tomatoes all the water is released. It’s a good idea to keep cooking until most of the tomatoes water is evaporated.
- Put your herbs and spices and saute for another couple of minutes until it looks like a thick paste.
- Add the stock and bring it to a boil, then add in your lentils and cover the pot.
- Cook the lentils for 15 minutes until they start to soften up and then add the spinach.
- Keep the pot covered and allow it to cook for 10 minutes more until the spinach has wilted and the lentils have cooked completely.
- Add your other herbs and stir through. Taste and add to salt.
- Serve and enjoy.
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Hell yes! This was amazing.
Thank you so much.