Turnips aren’t my favourite veggie to eat, I’m certainly not their number one fan. So when I recieved them in my oddbox I had to think of how would be best to eat them. After a little google for some inspo, I saw a recipe for a lentil dhal so I thought I would give one a go for myself! You can replace the turnips for other veggies such as sweet potato, butternut squash, carrots or parsnips.
Servings: 3
Ingredients
- Cooking spray
- 1 onion, diced
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 tbsp ginger, grated
- 1 red chilli, chopped
- 3 turnips, peeled and diced
- 1 tbsp tomato puree
- 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
- 1/4 tsp turmeric
- 1 tsp cumin
- 1 tsp corriander
- 120g red lentils, rinsed under cold water
- 125ml tinned coconut milk*
- 400ml water*
*feel free to add more milk less water, as long as you have about 525ml liquid in total
Method
- Fry the onion, garlic, ginger and chilli in a pan for about 5 minutes, then add the turnips along with 4 tbsp of water. Cover the pan and allow to cook for 2 minutes
- Add the tomato puree, cayenne, turmeric, cumin and corriander to the pan and stir until everything is coated
- Add in the red lentils, coconut milk and water and stir well. Bring to a boil then reduce to a simmer, leaving the pan slightly (but not completely) covered
- Simmer for 25 minutes, stirring occasionally then serve!
Serving suggestions: serve with coconut yogurt (I had none so I mised 1 tsp tahini with 2 tsp cocconut milk and it worked amazingly), fresh corriander, dessicated coconut and naan bread
