Enjoy a marvellous meatless dinner by whipping together this wholesome bowl of lentils and green veggies. Along with gently fragrant rice and tortilla dippers to help soak up the last drop, this is a veggie delight sent from the heavens.
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3 clove
garlic
1 packet
basmati rice
1
carrot
1 packet
green beans
½ bunch
baby broccoli
1 packet
lentils
6
Mini Flour Tortillas
(Contains Gluten; )
1 sachet
Mumbai Spice Blend
1 sachet
Mild North Indian Spice Blend
1 packet
tomato paste
1 packet
coconut milk
1 sachet
vegetable stock powder
olive oil
20 g
plant-based butter
1.5 cup
water (for the rice)
½ cup
water (for the sauce)
• Preheat oven to 200°C/180°C fan-forced. Finely chop garlic. • In a medium saucepan, heat the plant-based butter with a dash of olive oil over medium heat. Cook half the garlic until fragrant, 1-2 minutes. • Add basmati rice, water (for the rice) and a generous pinch of salt, stir, then bring to the boil. • Reduce heat to low and cover with a lid. Cook for 10 minutes, then remove from heat and keep covered until rice is tender and water is absorbed, 10 minutes.
TIP: The rice will finish cooking in its own steam so don't peek!
• Meanwhile, grate carrot. Trim green beans. Halve any thicker stalks of baby broccoli (see ingredients) lengthways. • Rinse lentils. • Slice mini flourtortillas into 3cm strips.
• Place tortilla strips in a single layer on a lined oven tray and drizzle (or brush) with olive oil. • Season with salt and pepper and bake until golden, 8-10 minutes.
TIP: Use two oven trays if your tortillas don't fit in a single layer
• Meanwhile, heat a large frying pan over medium-high heat. with a drizzle of olive oil. • When oil is hot, cook baby broccoli, green beans and carrot until softened, 3-4 minutes. • Add lentils and cook until heated through, 1-2 mintues.
• Add remaining garlic, Mumbai spice blend, mild North Indian spice blend and tomato paste and cook, stirring, until fragrant, 1-2 minutes. • Add coconut milk, vegetable stock powder and water (for the sauce). Simmer until sauce has slightly thickened, 2-3 minutes.
• Divide garlic rice and Indian coconut lentils and green beans between bowls. • Serve with tortilla dippers. Enjoy!