Improvised curried lentils
I didn't want to waste the rest of a can of coconut milk I opened, so I decided to improvise a curried lentil dish. Here's what I used:
| 1 cup dry green lentils | 320 |
| 1 yellow onion, chopped 8.5 oz | 94 |
| 1.5 cups coconut milk | 210 |
| 1 tbsp olive oil | 120 |
| 1 small banana, 4 oz | |
| 2.5 cups of water | |
| 1 tbsp hot curry powder | |
| Total calories | 744 |
Procedure Fry onions in olive oil until translucent. Add curry powder and cook for a minute or two. Add water, coconut milk, banana, and lentils. Bring to a boil. Reduce to simmer with lid tilted over pot and cook till lentils are soft, about 30-40 minutes. Stir every five or ten minutes to prevent burning on bottom, particularly once the bananas are dissolved. It made 4 cups of lentils, so that makes 186 calories per 1 cup serving. The result is a slightly sweet and slightly spicy dish. Tasty!