Lentil stew with crusty bread

Name: Lentil stew with crusty bread
Total time: 10800 s
Yield: 4-8 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cup dried green lentils (soaked overnight - do not use tinned); 1 medium sized onion diced; 2 ripe tomatoes diced; 2 medium sized carrots diced; 5 cloves garlic; 3 teaspoons ground cumin; 1 teaspoon ground all spice; 1 teaspoon ground coriander; 3 bay leaves; 2 tablespoons paprika; 1-2 tablespoons olive oil; 750 ml water for cooking; 2 long red chillies; Salt - according to your taste; 1 tablespoon black pepper; 2 small white eggplant diced; 2 green zucchini diced; 2 tablespoons harrissa

Kahina @cook_17461032

Easy recipe which is inexpensive to make. Great for the budget conscious who don't want to compromise on flavour.

Kahina @cook_17461032

Easy recipe which is inexpensive to make. Great for the budget conscious who don't want to compromise on flavour.

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Ingredients

1-3 hours

4-8 servings

1 cupdried green lentils (soaked overnight - do not use tinned)
1medium sized onion diced
2ripe tomatoes diced
2medium sized carrots diced
5 clovesgarlic
3 teaspoonsground cumin
1 teaspoonground all spice
1 teaspoonground coriander
3bay leaves
2 tablespoonspaprika
1-2 tablespoonsolive oil
750 mlwater for cooking
2long red chillies
Salt - according to your taste
1 tablespoonblack pepper
Variations to stew can be made for more vegetables to be added:
2small white eggplant diced
2green zucchini diced
2 tablespoonsharrissa

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Steps

1-3 hours

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!