One pot meal with rice, lentils and vegetables. A nourishing Ayurvedic recipe. Once you get the hang of it, you can make it in about 30 minutes. Can be made once every 3 days.
Time to make: 30-40 minutes · Serves: 4
Ingredients
1.2L water (5 cups)
Rice + lentils
- 2 tablespoons basmati rice
- 2 tablespoons of split red (masoor) or split yellow (moong) lentil
Vegetables
- 2 cups chopped vegetables (potato, pumpkin, zucchini, carrot, peas)
- ½ onion, 3 garlic cloves, ½ tomato
Spices
- 1.5 tsp turmeric, garam masala, cumin, coriander powders
- 1 tsp mustard seeds, 1 tsp cumin seeds
- Salt and pepper to taste
Method
- Soak basmati rice and lentil overnight, chop vegetables
- Add a few tablespoons olive oil to a pan and mustard and cumin seeds.
- Once the seeds start popping, add onion and garlic and after 2 minutes add tomato.
- Once cooked down add spices, stir and add lentils and water.
- Bring to boil, simmer for 5 minutes. (If you are cooking split yellow lentil add an extra 5-10 minutes of cooking time before adding the vegetables.)
- Add vegetables, bring to boil then simmer for 15-20 minutes with a lid on.
- Once vegetables are soft, turn off the heat, add salt.
- Serve with some lime and yoghurt.
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