Curried Spinach and Lentil Bake

Name: Curried Spinach and Lentil Bake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 10 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 cup yellow onion, chopped; 2 garlic cloves, minced; 3 tablespoons olive oil; 1 cup basmati rice; 2 teaspoons curry powder; 1 1/2 teaspoons salt; 1 teaspoon fresh ground pepper; 2 (10 ounce) packages frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained of liquid; 2 cups brown lentils, cooked; 2 (13 1/2 ounce) cans coconut milk

Submitted by Kumquat the Cats fr

"Made this yesterday, it was very easy and really tasty. It falls into the minimal ingredients category. From Country Living's shorcuts. The article said that Julia Child once said "frozen spinach is certianly one of the great inventions." Well, whatever!? She said that before they came up with rinsed and bagged spinach. I reduced the oil and used lite coconut milk. A great vegan main dish recipe, or serve it with meat for a really easy home made dinner. Use a pan that's oven-proof for easy clean-up, or if you don't have one, transfer to a baking dish. Note that lentils should be cooked first and spinach thawed and drained."

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Ready In:: 50mins
Ingredients:: 10
Serves:: 10

ingredients

1 cup yellow onion, chopped
2 garlic cloves, minced
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 cup basmati rice
2 teaspoons curry powder
1 ¹⁄₂ teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
2 (10 ounce) packages frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained of liquid
2 cups brown lentils, cooked
2 (13 1/2 ounce) cans coconut milk

directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
Cook chopped onion and garlic in olive oil in heatproof skillet over medium-low heat until trnaslucent.
Stir in basmati rice, curry powder, salt and pepper and cook two more minutes.
Add thawed and drained spinach, cooked lentils and coconut milk. Cover and bake 30-40 minutes.

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This was very good, with several changes. I added lots of garam masala, lots more Madras curry, some garlic salt in the place of plain salt, some sriracha in the place of pepper, and a good deal of ginger. This made it a delicious recipe. As written, however, I believe it would have come out rather bland. Also, the cooking time seems to be off--I had to bake mine for 1.5 hours, and also had to add about 1 cup of water as it was baking, to make sure there was enough liquid for the rice to cook properly. I recommend all of these changes. I also made two other changes, just to ensure that I used what I had on hand: I used 2 14-ounce bags of chopped spinach, and one package of Trade Joe's precooked lentils (which equals about 2.5 cups). But all these tweaks are worth it--this is a delicious recipe, one that my husband will love. Thanks for posting!

juniperwoman
Wow! Tried this tonight. Had all the ingredients and wanted something with lentils. I really didn't expect it to have a whole lot of flavor, considering the few spices involved, but I was very pleasantly surprised. It tasted great! We had it with tortillas. I thought it might be too soupy, but it turned out to be perfect. I made a half sized recipe, baked for about 32 minutes. Used fresh spinach (blanched) instead of frozen, and that turned out really tasty. Definitely will make it again. My husband likes really bland food -- he said this was very "flavorful", but did like it. Kind of a comfort-food dish in my opinion.

VeggiesPhorMe

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Kumquat the Cats fr

New York City, 72

Clockwise from upper left, my dear friends Cranberry, Quincy, Kumquat and Kiwi. All of our cats were born in the wild and adopted by us. Zaar Chefs I have met so far: Elmotoo, justcallmeToni, ~Rita~, Midwest Maven, Bird&Buddha (both of them) and most recently, Ms*Bindy from upstate New York:) Wonderful, sweet, friendly people and great chefs! Most relevant thing to mention here is that I am a vegetarian, and recently became a vegan (almost 100%). To put vegetables and other things not meat or fish on the table I work as an actuary (in my case anyway, a combination of statistician, number-cruncher and/or programmer). For fun I like to travel. Just came back from Namibia, a peaceful democracy in Africa with lots of animals! Got some terrific pictures of lions, leopards, cheetahs, elephants, rhinocerous, hyenas, all kinds of antelopes, giraffes and zebras. Namibia is the second most sparsely populated country per square mile, just behind Mongolia. Update:  We went to Italy this Spring.  We had lots of pizza and pasta.  The pizza is so much better in Italy, particularly the crust.  The Amalfi coast was absolutely beautiful.  Spectacular natural scenery (Canada and Alaska are really beautiful, Patagonia in Chile is sublime, Iceland is unique) has been my latest passion as far as travel destinations but I have seen quite a few big cities too (Paris, Berlin, London and Madrid to name a few). On my bulletin board at work I keep a list of every country I've visited (other than the U.S. of course). So far I've made it to five continents: Europe, Africa, South America, Asia and North America of course. I've got only two other continents to conquer:) I don't usually have difficulty finding vegetarian dishes here in the U.S. or overseas, but finding vegan dishes is much harder. I have no kids, just cats, Kumquat, Cranberry, and more recently Quincy and Kiwi. They are purebreds, of the breed alley caticus (okay, American shorthair I guess). Our cats are not vegetarians, though my boyfriend (significant other, long-term partner, whatever) is. I am a friend of all animals both tamed and wild. In addition I am a freethinker and my boyfriend studies philosophy. Either way, we get along pretty well.  Also, please allow me to say that my BF and I recently bought a condominium in NYC.:)  Pet peeve? Okay, I don't like public scenes, especially parents yelling at their children, lovers' spats, etc. If it must be done please do it in private:D Participation & Awards:

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