Red Lentil Stew With Yogurt Sauce
"This is from Cooking Light magazine. This recipe uses an immersion blender but a regular blender could also be used."
photo by White Rose Child
- Ready In:
- 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Serves:
-
8
ingredients
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Yogurt Sauce
- 1 cup plain nonfat yogurt
- 1⁄4 cup fresh cilantro leaves
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Lentil Stew
- 2 teaspoons canola oil
- 1 -2 large onion, coarsely chopped (3 cups)
- 1 -2 red bell pepper, coarsely chopped (2 cups)
- 6 garlic cloves, coarsely chopped
- 1 tablespoon curry powder
- 5 1⁄4 cups organic vegetable broth
- 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can whole tomatoes, undrained
- 1 lb dried small red lentil
- 1 tablespoon fresh ginger, peeled and finely grated
- 1⁄8 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
- salt, to taste
directions
- Yogurt Sauce:.
- Combine yogurt and cilantro in a small bowl. Use an immersion blender to finely chop cilantro and blend it in with the yogurt.
- Cover and chill.
- Lentil Stew:.
- Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add onion, bell pepper, and garlic; saute 8 minutes or until tender.
- Add curry; cook 1 minute, stirring constantly.
- Add broth and tomatoes to pan; bring to a boil.
- Stir in lentils. Cover and reduce heat, and simmer 30 minutes or until lentils are very soft. Stir in ginger.
- Using an immersion blender in pan, coarsely puree lentil mixture. Stir in cayenne pepper and salt if desired.
- Serve lentil mixture with yogurt sauce.
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Reviews
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amazing! i love lentils but the curry and garlic make this stew delicous! i didnt make the yogurt sauce and it was still very filling! for ZWT -
Delicious! I made it just as written and wouldn't change anything! As other reviewers have said, don't leave out the sauce. I am not usually much of a cilantro fan, but I really liked it in this. Thanks, I'll be making this again! -
This was lovely, and the touch of yogurt (or soy yogurt!) really makes it. I didn't have any cilantro but it was fine without. It was necessary to add 1-2 cups extra water to keep the lentils from sticking, and I probably more-than-doubled the curry powder- you need some spice, with this huge amount of lentils! That said, it tastes wonderful. Enjoying the leftovers! -
Delish! I agree with the previous posters that the sauce is essential to this recipe. I love the flavors in the stew- I thought they were right on. Only chages I made were to leave out the oil- other wise I kept to the recipe. Yum. It was easy and fast as well, making this a great one for a week-night. Thanks for posting! -
ABSOLUTELY outstanding as can be! I also added homemade chilli! Cannot get healthy than this! DO NOT! REPEAT DO NOT give this a miss! THANKS!
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