Recipe:
Misir Wat: Ethiopian Red Lentil Stew
Posted in Mains
Perhaps double the recipe if you like leftovers, because these Ethiopian style lentils will be just as delicious tomorrow too. Bonus points if you make a feast of it with some Ethiopian-spiced greens and rice!
Prep:
10
mins
cook
30
mins
serves
4
Easy Peasy
You will need:
- 1 tablespoon olive oil (or sub water)
- 1 brown onion, finely diced
- 3 cloves garlic, crushed
- 3cm piece of ginger, grated finely
- 1 tablespoon berbere spices
- 1 cup red lentils
- 2-3 cups vegetable stock
- 2 tomatoes, chopped roughly and finely
- ¼ cup tomato paste
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Rice or injera bread*
- Ethiopian-spiced greens
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Recipe:
Rainbow Nourishments
Directions:
- 1Heat the oil in a large pot over high heat. Add the onion and sauté for 2 minutes or until slightly soft. Add the garlic, ginger and berbere spices and sauté for 1 minute or until fragrant.
- 2Add the red lentils, vegetable stock, chopped tomatoes and tomato paste. Boil for 5 minutes then reduce the heat to medium. Simmer the lentils for 20 minutes or until tender.
- 3Season with salt and pepper to taste. Serve with rice, injera bread, Ethiopian-spiced greens or as desired.
Tip:
*Injera is a sour fermented flatbread with a slightly spongy texture, traditionally made of teff flour. It’s used similarly to Indian Naan bread — to scoop up all the delicious flavours of several shared dishes!
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