VEGAN LENTIL COCONUT CURRY
Vegan coconut curry with lentil, very delicious and aromatic meal which is prepared super easily. Check out this interesting recipe from www.mamunche.com
Servings 2 portions
Ingredients
- 1 cup lentils
- 1 cup rice
- 2 cloves garlic
- 2 tbs coconut butter
- 400 g canned tomatoes or freshly chopped ripe tomatos
- 1 ts cumin
- 1/2 ts Coriander powder
- 1/2 ts curcuma powder or freshly grated curcuma
- 200 ml coconut milk
- 1 piece fresh ginger around 1 cm
- Salt by taste
- fresh coriander or mint (optional)
Instructions
- Boil the rice. The proportion rice-water depends on the rice you have chosen... Usually for each 1 teacup of rice you put 3-4 cups of water.
- In a deep pan heat up the coconut butter and add the garlic and ginger which you have finely chopped. Let the garlic cook for a minute and add the cumin and the coriander for 30-40 seconds.
- Add the tomatoes, the lentil and 2 teacups of water. Add salt, minced or freshly grated curcuma, reduce the volume of the stove and let it simmer for 25-30 minutes.
- Add the coconut milk when the lentil is soft. Let it cook for another 5 minutes.
- Serve equal amounts of curry and rice, sprinkled with fresh coriander or mint.