Recipe of Any-night-of-the-week Lentil stew with crusty bread

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Sweet Potato & Lentil Stew with Crusty Bread. This hearty lentil stew recipe is flavoured with mustard which adds tonnes of flavour! It is a vegetarian lentil stew that is perfect served with slices of crusty bread and a green salad. But it also is a great side dish for pork and chicken.

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To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have lentil stew with crusty bread using 19 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve 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. Get 1 medium sized onion diced
3. Get 2 ripe tomatoes diced
4. Make ready 2 medium sized carrots diced
5. Prepare 5 cloves garlic
6. Get 3 teaspoons ground cumin
7. Take 1 teaspoon ground all spice
8. Prepare 1 teaspoon ground coriander
9. Take 3 bay leaves
10. Get 2 tablespoons paprika
11. Make ready 1-2 tablespoons olive oil
12. Prepare 750 ml water for cooking
13. Prepare 2 long red chillies
14. Get Salt - according to your taste
15. Take 1 tablespoon black pepper
16. Get Variations to stew can be made for more vegetables to be added:
17. Make ready 2 small white eggplant diced
18. Prepare 2 green zucchini diced
19. Make ready 2 tablespoons harrissa

Lentil and Sausage Stew is a fast and easy soup bursting with flavor and chock full of good-for-you vegetables! Plus it freezes well for later. Add more water if it gets too dry. Serve with a thick slice of crusty bread!

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!

Add more water if it gets too dry. Serve with a thick slice of crusty bread! Look for delicious Puy lentils for this pork and pulse stew. Serve with cooked green leafy vegetables, or warmed, crusty bread. Serve with crusty bread and enjoy." She has you mix the tomato paste, curry powder, and salt with a bit of water, but I found the stew more flavorful without it.

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