There’s so much to love about this recipe.
If I could hug it, I would.
This lentil curry is the perfect solution to a wtf do we have for dinner tonight situation without settling on a quick and dirty fast food run.
If you’re a doomsday prepper, this might be a nice feather to put in your hat when you can’t leave you’re underground bunker for …
Maybe climate change has your doorway packed with snow up to your eyeballs and you can’t do groceries – enter stage left, this lentil curry.
But it’s even more than that.
ingredients
- 3 tbsp coconut oil
- 4 garlic cloves
- 1 tbsp ginger powder
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1 large carrot, quartered chopped thin ( think spoon friendly size
- 2 tbsp curry
- 1/2 tsp tumeric
- 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
- 1 tsp salt (adjust to taste as you go)
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1 cup dried lentils, rinsed
- 14 oz can unsweetened coconut milk full fat
- 1 cup tomato sauce
- 3 cups broth or water
- Cilantro chopped to taste
- Greek yogurt optional
- Basmati rice
this is how we do it
- Sauté the onion, garlic and ginger powder til the onion gets soft.
- If it’s not the end of the world and you happen to have a carrot – add that to the sauté above.
- Add all the spices, stir and cook for 2 min.
- Stir in the lentils, coconut milk, tomato sauce (or diced tomatoes) and broth.
- Bring to a simmer and let cook that way for 20 mins covered,
- Remove lid and cook another 10 min. or more to thicken.
- Add cilantro.
Done ☑️
Serve over basmati rice with a blob of Greek yogurt.
the ultimate one two punch
Jokes aside, including turmeric is a great way to get the benefits of its anti inflammatory properties. Lentils are filling and a great source of protein.
A dose of delicious well being in 30 min.
DID YOU KNOW?
🥊 turmeric ( curcumin the active ingredient) alone is poorly absorbed on its own into the bloodstream.
🥊 adding black pepper (peperine) increases that uptake by 2000%
🥊 curcumin is also assisted by fat (coconut oil) in breaking down to more available bite size pieces for our body. Curcumin is fat soluble.
🥊 curcumin can keep us young? Maybe we just say it can keep the aging process at bay as it has anti oxidant properties that fight oxidative damage which cause increased cellular degeneration and disease.
🥊 improve your brain 🧠 neurons, connections and aging, don’t we all want to delay, or improve our brain functions?
🥊 a natural anti inflammatory with pain relief benefits for arthritis, or joint pain.
🥊 1/2 cup of cooked lentils has a whopping 12 grams of protein and 32% of your daily required fibre.
As you can see turmeric is a powerful, natural spice that just wants to help you be your most healthy self.
Quick note: this recipe is not just healthy it’s really delicious. Find a way to include it in your meal rotation.
Please don’t wait til doomsday 💥
FTB 