Ingredients – serves 2

  • ½ cup red lentils
  • 1 tab oil
  • ½ onion
  • 1 clove garlic
  • small sweet potato
  • ½ carrot
  • ¼ capsium
  • ½ zucchini
  • 75g green beans
  • Small head broccoli
  • 1 tab tomato paste
  • 1 can crushed tomatoes
  • 1 cup vegetable stock
  • Salt and Pepper
  • 2 teaspoon smoky paprika
  • 2 teaspoon balsamic vinegar
  • ½ teaspoon chilli (to taste)
  • Fresh parsley
  • Rice to serve

Method

  1. Prepare all vegetables:
  2. Peel and dice onion
  3. Peel and crush garlic
  4. Peel or wash carrot and dice
  5. Peel sweet potato and dice
  6. Wash capsicum and dice
  7. Wash green beans and halve
  8. Wash broccoli, dice stems and separate florets
  9. Wash and dice zucchini
  10. Wash lentils.
  11. Heat oil and sweat onion and garlic intil soft but not brown. Approx 5 mins.
  12. Add carrot, sweet potato, zucchini, and capsicum.
  13. Add tomato paste and stir well for approx 5mins.
  14. Add balsamic vinegar, paprika, cumin and chilli.
  15. Add broccoli and green beans.
  16. Add tomatoes, vegetable stock, salt and pepper and stir.
  17. Add washed, drained lentils. Stir.
  18. Bring to boil, cover and simmer for approx. 20 mins untill the vegetables are soft and the lentils are cooked to your liking.
  19. Serve with freshly chopped parsley and rice.