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Nutrition: per serving

  • kcal204
  • fat7g
  • saturates3g
  • carbs20g
  • sugars6g
  • fibre7g
  • protein11g
  • salt0.5g
    low
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Method

  • step 1

    Put the onion, garlic, ginger and tomatoes in a food processor or blender and whizz to a purée.

  • step 2

    Heat oil in a large pan. Add the spices, fry for a few secs and add purée and yeast extract. Bubble together for 2 mins, then add lentils and coconut cream. Cook until lentils are tender, then add the broccoli and cook for 4 mins. Stir in chickpeas and spinach, squeeze over lemon and swirl through sesame and cashew mixture. Serve with brown rice, if you like.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, May 2011

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Overall rating

A star rating of 4.3 out of 5.186 ratings

samanthacuthbert87286

No flavour, very bland.

Viszlalady

Tried this for the first time. I wouldn't agree with the comments that it is bland. We all thought it very tasty. However, it took forever to cook the lentils. I used tinned tomatoes instead of fresh and ended up having to add vegetable stock. I would cook the lentils separately next time.

rajanrao2332qZXdh1-i

18 ingredients to make this dish ! Most would not look on that as 'Easy '.

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JoannaLed

I doubled the spicing amounts after reading the comments - not bland at all. Though I think if I make again, I’ll fry the onion and garlic as it warms the flavours - found this a bit sour without that process. Tasty though!

alldis98QfJprOVy

We made this to accompany home-made chicken tikka, and both thought it to be very tasty. Whilst the flavours are more subtle than strong, with the coconut flavour nicely balanced (we used coconut cream block); it certainly wasn't bland. Perhaps, if we had just eaten it on its own we might have been…

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