Spicy root & lentil casserole
Ingredients
- Step 1 2 tbsp sunflower or vegetable oil
- Step 2 1 onion, chopped
- Step 3 2 garlic clove, crushed
- Step 4 700g potatoes, peeled and cut into chunks
- Step 5 4 carrot, thickly sliced
- Step 6 2 parsnip, thickly sliced
- Step 7 2 tbsp curry paste or powder
- Step 8 1 litre/1¾ pints vegetable stock
- Step 9 100g red lentils
- Step 10 a small bunch of fresh coriander, roughly chopped
- Step 11 low-fat yogurt and naan bread, to serve
Calories: 378
Carbohydrate: 64 g
Protein: 14 g
Fat: 9 g
Cook time: 45 minutes
Prep time: 10 minutes
Total time: 55 minutes
Servings: 4
TAGS
Buffet
Dinner
Lunch
Main course
Supper
Vegetable
Indian
BBC Good Food
carrot
carrot
Coriander
Curry
Curry paste
Garlic clove
Garlic clove
Good Food
Healthy food
lentil
Lentil curry
lentil
onion
onion
parsnip
parsnip
Potato
Potato
Vegetarian
yogurt
Directions
- Step 1 Heat the oil in a large pan and cook the onion and garlic over a medium heat for 3-4 minutes until softened, stirring occasionally. Tip in the potatoes, carrots and parsnips, turn up the heat and cook for 6-7 minutes, stirring, until the vegetables are golden.
- Step 2 Stir in the curry paste or powder, pour in the stock and then bring to the boil. Reduce the heat, add the lentils, cover and simmer for 15-20 minutes until the lentils and vegetables are tender and the sauce has thickened.
- Step 3 Stir in most of the coriander, season and heat for a minute or so.Top with yogurt and the rest of the coriander. Serve with naan bread.