Hey everyone, it is me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, lentil stew with crusty bread. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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If the stew gets a bit thick simply add small amounts of water to avoid sticky stew or burning. It should have stew juices to soak up with crusty bread loaf or baguette. When the lentils are soft you can stop cooking. Serve in bowls with warm crusty bread and garnish with sliced red chillies and fresh coriander leaves.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook lentil stew with crusty bread using 19 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Lentil stew with crusty bread:

1. Prepare 1 cup dried green lentils (soaked overnight - do not use tinned)
2. Make ready 1 medium sized onion diced
3. Take 2 ripe tomatoes diced
4. Prepare 2 medium sized carrots diced
5. Prepare 5 cloves garlic
6. Prepare 3 teaspoons ground cumin
7. Take 1 teaspoon ground all spice
8. Prepare 1 teaspoon ground coriander
9. Get 3 bay leaves
10. Make ready 2 tablespoons paprika
11. Take 1-2 tablespoons olive oil
12. Make ready 750 ml water for cooking
13. Take 2 long red chillies
14. Get Salt - according to your taste
15. Get 1 tablespoon black pepper
16. Prepare Variations to stew can be made for more vegetables to be added:
17. Prepare 2 small white eggplant diced
18. Make ready 2 green zucchini diced
19. Take 2 tablespoons harrissa

Bring water and lentils to a boil in a large saucepan. The medley of vegetables and herbs creates a thick, flavorful, and comforting stew that is just begging for some crusty bread to sop it all up. You can serve it with a side salad or some crusty bread if you like, but it stands alone just fine. It is filling, tasty, and full of good nutrients.

Instructions to make Lentil stew with crusty bread:

1. Add the olive oil to a stock pot (large pot). Add the onion and cook until opaque on medium heat. Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute stirring until fragrant. Add the sliced chillies leaving a few for garnish at the end.
2. Add the diced tomatoes and all of the spices (cumin, coriander, all spice, paprika, bay leaf, salt and pepper) and stir until combined. Add 250ml of the water to combine ingredients and cook for 3-5 minutes.
3. Add the lentils, carrots and the rest of the water. You can either soak them overnight to reduce cooking time or you can add more water (500ml) to recipe and cook them longer if you haven't soaked them. Cook from 1-3hrs on low heat. Keep an eye on them to make sure they aren't sticking to the bottom of your pot otherwise it will get a bitter burnt taste.
4. If the stew gets a bit thick simply add small amounts of water to avoid sticky stew or burning. It should have stew juices to soak up with crusty bread loaf or baguette.
5. When the lentils are soft you can stop cooking. Serve in bowls with warm crusty bread and garnish with sliced red chillies and fresh coriander leaves.
6. Bon appetit!

You can serve it with a side salad or some crusty bread if you like, but it stands alone just fine. It is filling, tasty, and full of good nutrients. It's low in fat and high in fiber and protein. Perfect with crusty bread, a nice salad, a heap of warm and fluffy grains, or just some simply steamed broccoli, ripe avocado & a squeeze of lemon. This smoky red lentil stew hits the right note of comforting, easy-casual-healthy (as opposed to overly-prescriptive-and-joyless-healthy lol), quick, and easy to throw together on a whim.

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