• 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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