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  • 1 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 1 onion
    thinly sliced
  • 2 garlic cloves
    crushed
  • thumb-sized piece ginger
    finely chopped
  • 3 tbsp curry paste
    (we used Bart Veeraswamy Gujurat Masala curry paste)
  • 200g yellow lentil
    rinsed
  • 1 ½l vegetable stock
  • 3 tbsp unsweetened desiccated coconut
    plus extra to sprinkle if you like
  • 1 cauliflower
    broken into little florets
  • cooked basmati rice
    and coriander leaves, plus mango chutney and naan bread (optional), to serve

Nutrition: per serving

  • kcal356
    low
  • fat17g
  • saturates9g
  • carbs33g
  • sugars9g
  • fibre10g
  • protein18g
  • salt1.4g
    low
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Method

  • step 1

    Heat the oil in a large saucepan, then add the onion, garlic and ginger. Cook for 5 mins, add the curry paste, then stir-fry for 1 min before adding the lentils, stock and coconut. Bring the mixture to the boil and simmer for 40 mins or until the lentils are soft.

  • step 2

    During the final 10 mins of cooking, stir in the cauliflower to cook. Spoon rice into 4 bowls, top with the curry and sprinkle with coriander leaves, and coconut if you like. Serve with mango chutney and naan bread (optional).

Recipe from Good Food magazine, January 2012

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Overall rating

A star rating of 3.8 out of 5.38 ratings

thomas.r.silverman

This was good with a little tweaking.

Well, big tweaking. I think the 1.5l of stock is a mistake, I literally used about 0.3l and it was more than enough. I also substituted the coconut for a few spoons of coconut milk.

izzykerr

A star rating of 4 out of 5.

This was an easy and deliciously flavoursome (albeit a little spicy!) recipe. My only issue was that there seemed to be far too much stock liquid so even after boiling & simmering for over an hour, the consistency was still very watery - it didn't thicken like a curry sauce. That said, I omitted…

pinkkann

Normally the recipes I try are great and I give 4 or 5 stars. This one - not so much. I ate it in much the same way my dog eats her kibble when she looks at it as if to say "I'll eat it because I'm hungry but I am NOT happy about it" (she'd prefer treats only). Unfortunately, it was just me around…

mumplus1

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

I really enjoyed this..I'm starting on a vegan journey and this will really help me as it's delicious! Ok so I added I small can of coconut milk and 800ml of water and it was perfect and not runny. The coconut milk makes it..I also used 3 tbs of Masala curry paste. I'll be making this again for…

bruc044

A star rating of 4 out of 5.

I made this with yellow split peas by mistake though not sure they had yellow lentils locally. Took about 60 minutes of simmering before the peas had cooked soft enough but the flavour at the end was excellent. Not a strong coconut flavour but then I also used masala paste instead of korma. Would…

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