Preparation Time: 20 minutes Cooking Time: 35 minutes Serves: 6 people
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoons vegetable oil
- Pinch cayenne pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 2 teaspoons ground turmeric
- 2 large onions – peeled finely chopped
- 2 garlic cloves – peeled and finely chopped
- 3cm piece ginger, peeled, finely chopped
- 1 large apple (unpeeled) -cored and roughly chopped
- 300g red lentils
- 400ml tin coconut milk
- Juice of 1 lime
- Salt & freshly ground pepper – to taste
- Garnish:
- Toasted coconut flakes, sprigs of coriander leaves
- Apple crisps – just slice an apple, skin on into slivers – bake 150C, 40 minutes or until golden and crispy!
- Lime zest
Method
1. Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium-high and stir in the cayenne, cumin, and turmeric, stirring, until fragrant, about 1 minute.
2. Add onion, garlic, and ginger and cook, stirring, until softened, about 8-10 minutes.
3. Add apple and lentils and stir to coat.
4. Stir in coconut milk and 1.2litres water and bring to a boil.
5. Reduce heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, until lentils are completely soft 20–25 minutes.
6. Add lime juice and season with salt and pepper.
7. To garnish: Sprinkle with coconut flakes, sprigs of coriander, apple crisps and lime zest.
The addition of this crisp apple garnish adds the final finesse and another dimension -well worth the extra effort!
Denise’s Kitchen
Denise Phillips is one of Britain’s leading Jewish chefs. Trained at Prue Leith. She has written 7 popular books and has run a cookery school for over 20 years. Her passion is traditional Jewish food with a modern twist.
Through her books, weekly newspaper columns, and master classes she has developed a tasty collection of Jewish food, and her enticing and stylish recipes are an original blend of the old and the new. In addition, Denise has created the very successful Date On A Plate concept; cookery classes for singles providing singles of all ages an excellent way of networking and meeting new people.
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