Oh why hello! I think it is most peculiar that I never post any recipes on here, considering that I LOVE cooking and am very passionate about health and nutrition.
So, I decided that today is a good day to post a recipe... I made this today and it was DELICIOUS, if I do say so myself. And also, very healthy and vegan.
Ingredients:
2L vegetable stock
2 strips of dried kombu, soaked in 1L of water
3 cups red lentils, rinsed
1 large onion, diced
800g tinned diced tomatoes
1 large carrot, chopped
1 chilli, finely chopped OR a sprinkle of cayenne pepper, to taste
3-4 cloves garlic, finely chopped
2 1/4 tsp cumin powder
1 tsp smoked paprika
1 tsp tumeric powder
spring onion, finely sliced
flat leaf parsley, finely chopped
lemon
salt and pepper to taste
What You Have To Do:
1. Saute onion and garlic with some olive oil in a huge stock pot. Add tinned tomatoes, carrot, chilli and lentils.
2. Add your stock and kombu water (SEE NOTE!) and bring to boil.
3. Once boiled, reduce to simmer and leave lid off for about 40-60 minutes. Stir occasionally and don't let it stick!
4. Stir in the cumin, paprika and tumeric. Taste it and see if it needs salt, pepper, cayenne or whatever you fancy. Don't add too much cumin though or it will taste weird.
5. At the end, when liquid has reduced and thickend, add spring onion and parsley. You could even throw in some spinach or kale or whatever you have on hand. Finely slice up the kombu you soaked in the water and add.
6. Serve with or without rice, but definately with a squeeze of lemon.
NOTE:
This whole jazz about kombu water really isn't necessary if you can't be bothered. You basically need to have 3L of liquid and you can just use all stock if you want. I like to soak the kombu in the water for like 10-15 mins. The kombu itself and the soaking water is full of nutrients and flavour. Rad.
PS. This recipe will probably feed waaaaay more people than you need it to, but never fear because it freezes perfectly.
