Lebanese seven-spiced lentil & olive stew

Name: Lebanese seven-spiced lentil & olive stew
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 250 g dried green lentils; 750 ml stock, made with 2 vegetable stock cubes; 300 g Essential Carrots, thickly sliced; ½ tsp dried chilli flakes; 1 tbsp Essential Olive Oil; 2 Essential Onions, thinly sliced; 2 clove/s cloves garlic, crushed; 2 tbsp essential white wine vinegar; ½ x 350g can Essential Pitted Green Olives In Brine, drained and roughly chopped; 1 tbsp Cooks’ Ingredients Lebanese 7 Spice Blend; 3 tbsp tomato purée; 1 tbsp caster or granulated sugar; 25 g pack coriander, leaves chopped

Vegan, versatile and warming, this simple stew ticks lots of boxes.

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VeganHealthyHigh fibre2 of your 5 a day

Serves4
CourseMain meal
Prepare10 mins
Cook15 mins
Total time25 mins

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250g dried green lentils
750ml stock, made with 2 vegetable stock cubes
300g Essential Carrots, thickly sliced
½ tsp dried chilli flakes
1 tbsp Essential Olive Oil
2 Essential Onions, thinly sliced
2 clove/s cloves garlic, crushed
2 tbsp essential white wine vinegar
½ x 350g can Essential Pitted Green Olives In Brine, drained and roughly chopped
1 tbsp Cooks’ Ingredients Lebanese 7 Spice Blend
3 tbsp tomato purée
1 tbsp caster or granulated sugar
25g pack coriander, leaves chopped

1 Put the lentils, stock, carrots and chilli flakes in a saucepan. Bring to the boil, cover with a lid and reduce the heat to simmering. Cook gently for 10 minutes, until the lentils have softened.
2 Heat the oil in a frying pan and fry the onions for 5 minutes until golden. Stir in the garlic and fry for 1 minute more. Tip ½ the onions into the pan with the wine vinegar, olives, Lebanese 7-spice, tomato purée, sugar and all but 2 tbsp of the coriander. Cook gently for 5 minutes more until the lentils are soft but not collapsing
Spoon the stew into shallow bowls and serve scattered with the reserved onions and coriander.

Cook’s tip

For an extra burst of flavour, serve the stew topped with spoonfuls of dairy free yogurt alternative, flavoured with a little crushed garlic, plenty of freshly ground black pepper and a good squeeze of lemon or lime juice.

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