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Yellow lentil & coconut curry with cauliflower
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- Cook:
- Easy
- Serves 4
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 onion, thinly sliced
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- thumb-sized piece ginger, finely chopped
- 3 tbsp curry paste (we used Bart Veeraswamy Gujurat Masala curry paste)
- 200g yellow lentil, rinsed
- 1 ½l vegetable stock
- 3 tbsp unsweetened desiccated coconut, plus extra to sprinkle if you like
- 1 cauliflower, broken into little florets
- cooked basmati rice and coriander leaves, plus mango chutney and naan bread (optional), to serve
Method
- STEP 1
Heat the oil in a large saucepan, then add the onion, garlic and ginger. Cook for 5 mins, add the curry paste, then stir-fry for 1 min before adding the lentils, stock and coconut. Bring the mixture to the boil and simmer for 40 mins or until the lentils are soft.
- STEP 2
During the final 10 mins of cooking, stir in the cauliflower to cook. Spoon rice into 4 bowls, top with the curry and sprinkle with coriander leaves, and coconut if you like. Serve with mango chutney and naan bread (optional).
