Ingredients: red lentils, cooking oil, spice mix, water. And by spice mix, I buy something premixed at the supermarket. Or, on a good day, I pick several spices and add them.
rough quantities: for 2 adults and 3 kids, I use 1 1/2 cups of lentils and 3 cups of water. Oil is a generous slurp. Spice mix is about a teaspoon.
Put oil, spice mix and red lentils in pot to heat. Boil water in kettle. Add boiling water to lentils. This bit can be dangerous, as the water can spit. Can probably add cold water and it takes longer, but I've never tried. Mix a bit. Put lid on. Leave about ten minutes. Should be cooked.
Depending on how you are going, there are variations. My kids like to add dried fruit and nuts - a premixed option would work fine, although the ones we get round here might have too many peanuts in. Or I add in left over vegies, or frozen vegie mix from the freezer. All of these can be added at any point after the water is added.
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Date: 2010-11-21 12:42 pm (UTC)Ingredients: red lentils, cooking oil, spice mix, water. And by spice mix, I buy something premixed at the supermarket. Or, on a good day, I pick several spices and add them.
rough quantities: for 2 adults and 3 kids, I use 1 1/2 cups of lentils and 3 cups of water. Oil is a generous slurp. Spice mix is about a teaspoon.
Put oil, spice mix and red lentils in pot to heat.
Boil water in kettle.
Add boiling water to lentils. This bit can be dangerous, as the water can spit. Can probably add cold water and it takes longer, but I've never tried.
Mix a bit.
Put lid on. Leave about ten minutes. Should be cooked.
Depending on how you are going, there are variations. My kids like to add dried fruit and nuts - a premixed option would work fine, although the ones we get round here might have too many peanuts in. Or I add in left over vegies, or frozen vegie mix from the freezer. All of these can be added at any point after the water is added.