Green Lentil Curry with Kale
Madhur Jaffrey's healthy and vegetarian Green Lentil Curry with Kale. Eat as a curry or convert into a soup with a mugful of hot water.
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Introduction
This is almost a meal in itself, nutrionally complete if you add some wholemeal pitta bread (or rice) and yoghurt on the side. You could also convert it into a soup by adding a mugful of water or stock towards the end of the cooking time.
Ingredients
| 250g/9 oz | green lentils |
| 1/4 tsp | ground turmeric |
| 1/2 tsp | cayenne pepper |
| 115g/4 oz | green beans cut into 2 cm/3/4 inch segments |
| 85g/3 oz | kale, thick stems and veins discarded, finely chopped |
| 3 tbsp | finely chopped fresh coriander |
| 1 | medium carrot, peeled and cut into 5mm/1/4 inch rounds |
| 1 1/4 tsp | salt |
| For the curry paste | |
|---|---|
| 1 tsp | peeled and finely grated ginger |
| 1 | clove of garlic, peeled and crushed |
| 1 tsp | ground cumin seeds |
| 2 tsp | ground coriander seeds |
| 3 tbsp | olive or rapeseed oil |
| 1/4 tsp | whole cumin seeds |
| 1 tbsp | peeled and finely chopped shallot |
| 2 tbsp | tomato passata |
Method
Put the lentils, turmeric and 1.2 litres/2 pints water into a medium pan and bring to the boil. Cover partially and simmer gently for 20 minutes. Add the cayenne, beans, kale, coriander, carrot and salt. Stir and bring to the boil again. Cover partially and cook for another 20 minutes.
Meanwhile, make the curry paste: combine the ginger, garlic, ground cumin and coriander in a small bowl. Mix in 50 ml/2 fl oz water.
Pour the oil into a medium frying pan and set over a medium-high heat. When hot, add the whole cumin seeds. Let them sizzle for 5 seconds, then add the shallow. Stir and fry until lightly browned. Add the spice paste and fry until you can see the oil along the edges, about 1 1/2 minutes. Add the tomato passata and fry for about another minute, until you see the oil along the edges.
When the lentils have finished cooking, add the contents of the frying pan. Stir and cook gently for another 5 minutes.
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