Simple Way to Make Quick Lentil stew with crusty bread

Lentil stew with crusty bread.

Hey everyone, it is Drew, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, lentil stew with crusty bread. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have lentil stew with crusty bread using 19 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Lentil stew with crusty bread:

1. {Prepare 1 cup of dried green lentils (soaked overnight - do not use tinned).
2. {Take 1 of medium sized onion diced.
3. {Make ready 2 of ripe tomatoes diced.
4. {Get 2 of medium sized carrots diced.
5. {Take 5 cloves of garlic.
6. {Make ready 3 teaspoons of ground cumin.
7. {Make ready 1 teaspoon of ground all spice.
8. {Make ready 1 teaspoon of ground coriander.
9. {Prepare 3 of bay leaves.
10. {Make ready 2 tablespoons of paprika.
11. {Get 1-2 tablespoons of olive oil.
12. {Take 750 ml of water for cooking.
13. {Get 2 of long red chillies.
14. {Get of Salt - according to your taste.
15. {Get 1 tablespoon of black pepper.
16. {Take of Variations to stew can be made for more vegetables to be added:.
17. {Take 2 of small white eggplant diced.
18. {Make ready 2 of green zucchini diced.
19. {Make ready 2 tablespoons of harrissa.

Instructions to make Lentil stew with crusty bread:

1. Add the olive oil to a stock pot (large pot). Add the onion and cook until opaque on medium heat. Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute stirring until fragrant. Add the sliced chillies leaving a few for garnish at the end..
2. Add the diced tomatoes and all of the spices (cumin, coriander, all spice, paprika, bay leaf, salt and pepper) and stir until combined. Add 250ml of the water to combine ingredients and cook for 3-5 minutes..
3. Add the lentils, carrots and the rest of the water. You can either soak them overnight to reduce cooking time or you can add more water (500ml) to recipe and cook them longer if you haven't soaked them. Cook from 1-3hrs on low heat. Keep an eye on them to make sure they aren't sticking to the bottom of your pot otherwise it will get a bitter burnt taste..
4. If the stew gets a bit thick simply add small amounts of water to avoid sticky stew or burning. It should have stew juices to soak up with crusty bread loaf or baguette..
5. When the lentils are soft you can stop cooking. Serve in bowls with warm crusty bread and garnish with sliced red chillies and fresh coriander leaves..
6. Bon appetit!.

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