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Carrots and Lentils
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Ellen Janet Nestler
"This is a great, protein-rich, vegetarian dish of Turkish origin."
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Ingredients
1 h 30 m servings 352Original recipe yields 4 servings
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Directions
{{model.addEditText}} Print- Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat; cook and stir onion until lightly browned, 5 to 10 minutes. Add garlic; cook and stir until fragrant, about 2 minutes. Stir carrots, tomato paste, ground chile pepper, and sea salt into onion mixture; cook and stir until heated through, about 2 minutes. Remove skillet from heat.
- Combine water and lentils in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Cover saucepan, reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer for 30 minutes. Remove lid, increase heat to medium-high, and stir in carrot-onion mixture; cook until liquid is almost all evaporated, about 2 minutes more. Season carrots and lentils with salt and pepper and cool to room temperature.
- Serve carrots and lentils with a spoonful of Greek yogurt.
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- Cook's Note:
- Vegetable broth can be substituted for water, if desired.
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Most helpful positive review
7/29/2016
I think as written, this is a four star recipe to me. As others mentioned, it comes out a bit bland. I made it as called for with the exception of cooking my lentils in beef broth. After tasting...
Most helpful critical review
11/19/2017
I followed this recipe to the letter. It was easy to make but I thought it was quite bland for my taste and needed something more than just the chili powder...hence the 3* rating. However the c...
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7/29/2016
I think as written, this is a four star recipe to me. As others mentioned, it comes out a bit bland. I made it as called for with the exception of cooking my lentils in beef broth. After tasting...
4/21/2016
for non-vegetarians, adding italian sausage does a lot to enhance the flavor.
6/6/2015
This is on the mild side, so other herbs can be used for additional flavor! It is great as written, though. Thanks!
8/27/2015
Very tasty! I used vegetable stock instead of water . . . added just a little more tomato paste, and then a teaspoon of cumin with the ground chili. Loved it. Oh, and I didn't even bother with ...
8/17/2018
This was excellent, I used some of my bone broth and Mole’ instead of water and tomato paste. Very tasty. Thanks for sharing.
11/19/2017
I followed this recipe to the letter. It was easy to make but I thought it was quite bland for my taste and needed something more than just the chili powder...hence the 3* rating. However the c...
2/15/2017
I forgot to put in the tablespoon of tomato paste, but we still loved it. Will definitely make again!
10/1/2019
I used vegetable broth. To overcome the blandness others wrote about I tripled the garlic and added 1/8 teaspoon of rosemary, which resulted in quite a nice dish.