Soffritto Lentils and Tomato
A nutritious and delicious easy to prepare plant based soffritto lentils recipe which starts with a caramelized onions, carrots and celery, tomatoes and warm spices to sooth the soul.
Ingredients
Rice and Lentils
- 1 cup basmati brown rice
- 1 cup brown lentils
Soffritto
- 2 large onions diced
- 2 carrots washed, rinsed and chopped
- 2 celery stalks rinsed and chopped
- 4 to 5 tbsp. olive oil
- 100 grams butter unsalted
- 1 ½ tbsps garlic cloves finely chopped about 3 to 4 cloves
- 1 tablespoon ginger grated (thumb size)
- 400 grams chopped canned tomatoes
- ½ cup tomato passata
- 2 tbsps. tomato paste
- 3 cups water
Spices and Seasoning
- ½ teaspoon turmeric
- ¼ teaspoon cumin
- ⅛ th teaspoon coriander
- ½ teaspoon smoked paprika
- salt
- chopped fresh parsley
- 1 juice of a fresh lime or lemon
Instructions
- Heat a large pot or Dutch oven and add the oil.
- Add the onions, carrots, celery and cook on low heat for 15 minutes or until the onions start to turn a light golden brown. If they are burning, the heat is too high.
- Half way through cooking, when the onions are more yellow than white add the butter and use a wooden spoon to mix. Let the soffritto soak up the butter so continue on low heat for 5 more minutes. Stirring and checking the heat and that they don't burn.
- Add the lentils, rice and gently pull everything together with a spoon. Make a well in the center and add the garlic, ginger, turmeric, cumin, coriander, paprika and salt. Give it a mix not pulling in the rice and lentils. Put the lid on and leave it for 1 to 2 minutes.
- Remove the lid and using a spoon pull everything together, gently mix.
- Add the tomatoes, tomato paste, passata and water, combine. Add the Involtini Spice or Garam Masala, return the lid, make sure the heat is on a low simmer and let it cook for 45 minutes.
- Remove the lid, add a drizzle of olive oil, chopped parsley, a squeeze of fresh lime and gently fold it all together.
Nutrition
Calories: 491kcalCarbohydrates: 58gProtein: 13gFat: 24gSaturated Fat: 10gCholesterol: 36mgSodium: 179mgFiber: 14gSugar: 7g
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