Lentil stew with spinach and butternut

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4 servings
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Pulses

By Food24 November 03 2009
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Ingredients (12)

60.00 ml fresh chillies — 573
4.00 garlic — large cloves, chopped
45.00 ml mustard — seeds
1.00 Litres stock — vegetable
500.00 ml lentils — dried
450.00 g butternut — cubed
5.00 ml lemon — zest only
60.00 ml lemon juice
1.00 spinach
2.00 ml cayenne pepper
60.00 ml fresh mint — chopped
salt and freshly ground black pepper — to taste
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Method:

1. Heat oil in large saucepan over medium heat. Add garlic and mustard seeds, stir for 30 seconds. Add vegetable stock and lentils and bring to the boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 10 minutes.
2. Add butternut and cook covered until butternut and lentils are tender, stirring occasionally, about 15 minutes.
3. Add lemon rind, juice, spinach and cayenne pepper to stew. Cover and simmer until spinach has wilted.
4. Mix in the mint. The season to taste with salt and pepper. Serve on a bed of Basmati rice or couscous to pick up the juices.
Serves 4.



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