Hello everybody, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, kedgeree with brown lentils - mauritian style. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Reheat the leftover lentils with the wholegrain rice. Divide the mixture between two bowls. Most kedgeree recipes these days use only rice but I really like the flavor and texture with lentils in so have included them here.
Kedgeree with brown lentils - Mauritian style is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions daily. Kedgeree with brown lentils - Mauritian style is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They are fine and they look fantastic.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have kedgeree with brown lentils - mauritian style using 18 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Kedgeree with brown lentils - Mauritian style:
- Make ready 1 cup rice
- Get 1/2 cup brown lentils (boiled) or Mung Dhal
- Get 1 medium size onion - chopped
- Prepare 1 small leek - sliced
- Prepare 1 carrot - cut into cubed
- Take 1 courgette - cut into cubes
- Take Small piece of butternut squash or pumpkin -cut into small cubes
- Make ready 1 Tbs ghee to cook and little extra to add to the finished dish
- Make ready 1 Tbs vegetable oil
- Get leaves Few curry
- Make ready 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
- Get 1/2 tsp cumin powder
- Prepare 1/2 tsp coriander powder
- Prepare 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
- Make ready leaves Few bay
- Make ready 1 tsp Ginger garlic paste
- Get Bunch fresh coriander - chopped
- Take Note you can add other vegetables of your choice
If you're cooking with mutton or beef, add the meat next and brown it. I added half a teaspoon of turmeric as well to flavour the meat, but not colour the rice. Add the ginger next followed by the rice and lentils. In a large pan with a tight fitting lid, heat the vegetable oil.
Steps to make Kedgeree with brown lentils - Mauritian style:
- Start by pre-cooking the lentils and rice.
- Wash the lentils and rice, place in a pressure cooker with enough water, season with salt.
- Add bay leaves and cook until one whistle. Remove from hob and set aside.
- In a deep heavy pan, add ghee and oil place on medium heat.
- Add onion, chopped leek and cook for one minute.
- Leaving on low heat, add the spices and cook slowly to avoid them burning.
- Add the chopped vegetables. Season with salt, cover and leave to cook for 5 minutes.
- Now add the pre-cooked rice and lentils to the vegetables.
- Add some water or vegetable stick if it's too thick.
- Cover and leave to simmer for another 15-20 minutes.
- Stirring in between to allow through cooking.
- Taking care not to vigorously stirring otherwise you will end up with a mushy dish.
- Check to seek if all cooked. Taste and adjust seasonings.
- Turn the heat off, add the remaining ghee followed by the chopped coriander.
- Cover and leave to rest for a few minutes before serving.
- Serve warm on its own or with a nice chutney of your choice.
Saute the ginger and garlic for a few minutes, then add the vegetables and curry powder. Cook for a few minutes stirring constantly. Add the rice, lentils and stock. In a pan melt a tsp of coconut oil and add the chopped onion and garlic and fry until golden brown. Once done, add the spices and stir for a few minutes.
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