Lime leaf and chilli dhal with green beans

May 7, 2008 (Last Updated: January 11, 2019)

Lime leaf and chilli dhal with green beans

Serves: 4
Cooking Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 2 garlic cloves, chopped
  • 10ml ground cumin
  • 3 cardamom pods, crushed
  • 225g red lentils
  • 630ml good quality vegetable stock
  • 4 lime leaves
  • 300g green beans, blanched
  • 10ml mustard seeds

Instructions

1

Fry the onion and garlic until soft, add the spices and fry for another minute.

2

Add the lentils, stock and lime leaves,and simmer until the lentils are soft but not mushy, about 10 – 15 minutes.

3

Fry the green beans and mustard seeds in a separate frying pan for a few minutes and serve topped with the spicy dhal.

TO DRINK: Sauvignon blanc would rise to the occasion here – go for something subtle from Fairview or Jordan.

 

 

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