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Hearty carrot and lentil curry

All the family will love this mildly spiced dish

All the family will love this mildly spiced dish

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Cooking Time

Cook: 45 Mins

Cooking Time

Serves: 5

Cooking Time

Price: 82p per serving

Nutritional Information

Each 379g serving contains

Energy
1683kj
402kcal
20%
Fat
9.5g
Med
14%
Saturates
5.3g
Med
27%
Sugars
7.6g
Med
8%
Salt
0.11g
Low
2%
1
of your 5-a-day
of your reference intake.
Typical energy values per 100g:
444kj/106kcal

Ingredients

3tsp garam masala

2tsp turmeric

1tbsp rapeseed oil

1 onion, chopped

2 cloves garlic, sliced

Thumb-sized piece of ginger, grated

75g red lentils

400g carrots, peeled and chopped

1tbsp tomato purée

400ml reduced fat coconut milk

1tbsp chopped coriander

300g cooked rice, to serve

Method

1
Dry-cook the garam masala and turmeric in a pan on low for 1-2 mins.
2
Add the oil, onion, garlic and ginger to the pan. Fry gently for 3 mins, until the onion begins to soften.
3
Rinse the red lentils in a sieve under the cold tap. Add to the pan with the carrots, tomato purée, coconut milk and half the coriander.
4
Simmer gently, covered, for 30 mins until the carrots are soft. Stir occasionally. 5 Serve with the rice and the remaining coriander.

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