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Spicy prawns & green lentils

The lentils absorb all the lovely spice flavours and go really well with the prawns

The lentils absorb all the lovely spice flavours and go really well with the prawns

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Cooking Time

Cook: 30 Mins

Cooking Time

Serves: 4

Cooking Time

Price: £2.00 per serving

Nutritional Information

Each 530g serving contains

Energy
1813kj
433kcal
22%
Fat
8.6g
Low
12%
Saturates
1.3g
Low
6%
Sugars
5.5g
Low
6%
Salt
1.3g
Low
22%
2
of your 5-a-day
of your reference intake.
Typical energy values per 100g:
342kj/82kcal

Ingredients

2 tbsp olive oil

1 onion, chopped

1 level tsp ground cumin

1 level tsp coriander

1 level tsp paprika

600ml hot vegetable stock (made with 1 stock cube)

2 x 400g cans Asda Green Lentils, drained and rinsed

250g vine-ripened tomatoes, roughly chopped

300g couscous

422g frozen raw king prawns

3 tbsp chopped fresh coriander

Method

1
Heat the oil in a pan and cook the onion until soft. Stir in the cumin, coriander and paprika and 1 tbsp water and cook over a low heat for 2 minutes.
2
Add 225ml stock, the lentils and the chopped tomatoes and heat, stirring, until simmering. Cover and simmer for 10 minutes.
3
Meanwhile, put the couscous in a pan and add the remaining hot stock. Heat until simmering, then remove from the heat. Cover and set aside for 10 minutes.
4
Add the prawns to the lentils and cook until the prawns turn pink.
5
Stir the coriander into the couscous and serve with the lentils and prawns.