Carrots and Lentils in Olive Oil
Carrots and Lentils in Olive Oil

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Add the garlic and carrots and salt to taste. Cook, stirring, for two to three minutes until the carrots begin to soften. Stir in the dissolved tomato paste, sugar and lentils.

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To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have carrots and lentils in olive oil using 12 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Carrots and Lentils in Olive Oil:
  1. Make ready 1 cup brown, green or black lentils, rinsed
  2. Get 3 cups water
  3. Make ready 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
  4. Get 1 Onion, halved lengthwise, then sliced thin across the grain
  5. Make ready 2 teaspoons ground coriander seeds (optional)
  6. Take 4 garlic cloves, minced
  7. Get 1 1/2 pounds carrots, peeled and sliced thin diagonally (about 4 cups sliced)
  8. Take 1 Cup thinly sliced (1 inch) Celery
  9. Get 1 tablespoon tomato paste dissolved in 1 cup water
  10. Take 1 teaspoon sugar
  11. Take to taste Salt
  12. Take 1/2 cup chopped fresh mint

This delicious and simple salad is made with squash roasted until tender with cumin and cinnamon, before being tossed with lentils, quinoa, raisins and toasted pine nuts and then drizzled with a tahini, lime and maple dressing. For the salad: Toss the carrots, onion, olive oil, cumin, sumac (if using), salt, and pepper on a baking sheet. Sometimes when carrots are a bit tough, they take a while to bake and can easily burn on the outside while still being too firm on the inside. Stir them around, season, and serve.

Instructions to make Carrots and Lentils in Olive Oil:
  1. . Combine the lentils with 3 cups water in a saucepan, and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat, cover and simmer for 15 minutes. Set a strainer over a bowl, and drain. Save the water!
  2. Heat the oil over medium heat in a heavy casserole or skillet. Add the onion and coriander seeds. Cook, stirring, until the onion is tender, about five minutes.
  3. Add the garlic Celery and carrots and salt to taste. Cook, stirring, for two to three minutes until the carrots begin to soften. Stir in the dissolved tomato paste, sugar and lentils. Add 1 to 1 1/2 cups of the cooking water from the lentils (enough to cover the lentils), salt to taste and half the mint. - Bring to a simmer, and simmer uncovered for 15 - 20 minutes (don't let the carrots get too mushy)
  4. Taste and adjust salt. Remove from the heat, sprinkle on the remaining mint, drizzle with good olive oil and lemon juice to taste. and serve, or allow to cool and serve at room temperature.

Once carrots have cooled, add to a food processor along with the lentils, almonds, harissa, garlic, lemon juice, cilantro, olive oil, salt, and pepper. With the processor running, slowly stream in the ice water and blend until dip is even creamier. Toss together carrots, parsley, and half of dressing in. Put the lentils in a saucepan and add the water and salt. Stick the cloves into the onion and add to the saucepan with the bay leaf and marjoram.

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