Serves 2
A twist on one of our most popular recipes to make it even easier to cook. Creamy coconut lentils are cooked in a roasting tray alongside spiced carrots to make this a one tray dinner. Simple, nourishing comfort food.
Ingredients
- 600g root vegetables, chopped into 2cm pieces – squash/potatoes/celariac, etc.
- 1 onion, cut into wedges
- 2 chilli, deseeded & finely chopped
- 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 1 tsp mustard seeds
- 1 tbsp curry leaves –
- 1 tbsp garam masala
- 2 tbsp medium curry powder or paste
- oil or melted ghee
- 75g red lentils, rinsed well
- 75g urid dhal, rinsed well
- 400ml tin coconut milk / 100g coconut block made up to 400ml water
- 1 tin tomatoes
- 300g Cod Loin or similar
- 150g broccoli or cauliflower, chopped into bite sized chunks
- 1 lemon, juiced
- Pepper to taste
Method
- Heat the oil and add the mustard seeds, chilli, garlic and curry leaves, then sauté the squash and root vegetables for 10-15 minutes.
- Add the onions, along with the lentils, coconut milk, tomatoes, curry powder, garam masala and pepper and mix well, cooking for a further 5 – 10 minutes until a nice ‘gloopy consistency.
- Turn off the hob, and place the remoska lid on and cook for 30 minutes, then remove the lid, give it a good stir, checking the lentils are cooked. Add a little water if required, then add broccoli, fish and any other quicker cooking ingredients at this point.
- Put the lid back on and cook for a further 10-15 minutes until everything else is cooked.
- Remove the lid and check everything is cooked and finish with lemon juice and the coriander. Taste and tweak the seasoning to your liking.