Spiced vegetable pilaf
Serves 4
Easy
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Get four of your five-a-day in one colourful bowl. Vary the veg according to what's in season
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- 6 carrotscut lengthways into 6-8 wedges
- 3 red onionscut into wedges
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tsp cumin seeds
- 4 cardamom pods
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 200g brown basmati ricerinsed
- 400ml vegetable stock
- 400g can brown lentilsrinsed and drained
- 200g baby spinach
- handful toasted flaked almondsor a few whole almonds (optional)
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal375
- fat9g
- saturates1g
- carbs66g
- sugars18g
- fibre11g
- protein12g
- salt0.6glow
Method
step 1
Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. In boiling water, cook carrots for 4 mins, tipping in onions for the last min of cooking. Drain and mix in a roasting tin with 4 tsp oil, the cumin and seasoning. Roast for 30 mins, while you cook the rice.
step 2
Heat remaining 2 tsp oil in a large pan. Add cardamom and cinnamon for 30 secs, then add rice and toast for 1 min. Pour over stock and 100ml water, then simmer, covered, for 25-30 mins, until rice is tender and the water absorbed. Remove cinnamon and cardamom.
step 3
Tip in lentils and fork through before topping with spinach. Put lid back on and cook over a low heat, stirring once, until spinach has wilted and lentils heated through. Fork through again before tipping the cumin roasted veg onto the top and sprinkling with almonds, if using.
