Recipe Vegetarian Lentil Stew

Ingredients :

• 250 g lentils, soaked overnight
• 1 onion
• 2 cloves garlic
• 2 medium potatoes
• 1 large carrot
• 1/2 stalk celery
• 1 Tbsp olive oil
• 1/2 tsp salt, plus more to taste
• 1/2 cup red wine
• 1/2 cup tomato juice (or 1-2 tomatoes, or 2 Tbsp tomato paste)
• 1 Tbsp dry marjoram (you can also sub. other herbs)
• 1 tsp smoked paprika powder (or regular paprika)
• Water, enough cover lentils

Method :

1. Prep the lentils by soaking overnight. It"s not necessary, but right before cooking, I also like to put the lentils in a pot of cold water, bring it to boil and then drain after 1-2 minutes. This will get rid of those ugly foamy bubbles that come up in the soup when you cook lentils.
2. Prep your veggies: Finely chop the onion and garlic. Peel the potatoes and cut into cubes. Cut carrots into cubes. Slice or cube the celery.
3. Heat olive oil on medium in a large pot. Saute the onions and garlic until very soft, 5-10 minutes.
4. Add the carrots and saute a couple minutes. Mix in the drained lentils, celery, bay leaf and 1/2 tsp salt.
5. Add the red wine and tomato juice (or tomato). Bring it to a boil and cook for a couple minutes.
6. Finally add the potatoes, marjoram, paprika and just enough water to cover everything.
7. Bring the stew to a boil, turn to medium-low and cover with lid. Let it cook for 30 minutes, or until lentils are soft. At the end, add more salt to taste and a little more water if it"s too thick for you.
8. Serve on its own...
9. Or my favorite, with Spätzle noodles!

Recipe Vegetarian Lentil Stew 2014-04-12T21:25:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: CakeMaster