Posts Tagged ‘Green Lentils’

Feta & Lentil Bake

Saturday, September 11th, 2010

As man cannot live on smoothies alone, we’ve been cooking up some detox friendly solids too. This recipe is a bit of a remix of a Nigel Slater feta and lentil salad recipe, and it’s really delicious. You won’t even notice that it’s actually pretty good for you.

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Our detox is now over, but we eat this  pretty regularly regardless. It’s good served hot, but can be eaten warm or even cold the day after.

Ingredients (serves 2-3)

200g green lentils

200g feta cheese

2 red onions, sliced

1 red pepper, diced

2 cloves garlic, finely chopped

Small handful of fresh oregano

1 heaped teaspoon of maras biberi or dried chilli flakes

Juice of 1/2 lemon

Olive oil

1 teaspoon Dijon mustard

Salt a pepper to taste

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Connie’s Quick lamb Curry

Monday, May 3rd, 2010

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As I may or may not have mentioned before, my other half’s family are a real mixed bag in terms of nationalities. Chinese, Indian, and South African to name but three. A veritable melting pot compared to my comparatively mundane ancestry.

As a result, my future mother in law, Connie, seems to be able to cook anything. From insane curries and whole fried Chinese fish, to cream horns and South African doughnuts. And the speed she does it at is mind blowing. Turn your back for 10 seconds and when you look back there’s a plate of food in front of you. Brilliant.

This recipe is for her quick lamb curry that I tried whilst over in Oz and she kindly wrote the recipe down for me. It’s very tasty, and also very easy. If you can get your lamb on the bone, so much the better as it’ll give your curry more flavour.

Ingredients

750g stewing lamb, diced

1 large onion, chopped

4 cloves garlic, pounded

1 thumb sized piece of ginger, pounded

1/4 teaspoon tumeric

1 teaspoon ground coriander

1/2 teaspoon cumin

1/2 teaspoon chilli powder

1 teaspoon garam masala

1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds

1 cinnamon stick

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