Puy lentil salad with cumin-roasted carrots and cauliflower
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Puy lentil salad with cumin-roasted carrots and cauliflower

With lentils, vegetables and wholegrain rice, one serving of this Middle Eastern-inspired salad provides nearly half your recommended daily fibre intake.

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Gluten freeVegetarian
  • Serves4
  • CourseMain meal
  • Prepare15 mins
  • Cook35 mins
  • Total time50 mins

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Ingredients

  • 2 x 150g packs baby topped carrots
  • 1 small cauliflower, outer leaves discarded, cut into large florets
  • 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • ½ tsp cumin seeds
  • 3 garlic cloves, unpeeled
  • 40g hazelnuts
  • 1 red onion, finely chopped
  • 30g fresh root ginger, finely chopped
  • 2 x 250g pouches ready-cooked puy lentils
  • 250g ready-cooked wholegrain basmati rice
  • 1 tsp clear honey
  • 1 lemon, juice
  • 1 preserved lemon, flesh removed, rind finely chopped
  • 1/2 x 25g pack mint, leaves roughly chopped

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 200˚C, gas mark 6. In a roasting tin, toss the carrots and cauliflower in 1 tbsp oil with the cumin seeds; season and roast for 30-35 minutes, turning the vegetables and adding the garlic cloves halfway through. Put the hazelnuts on a separate baking tray and cook for the final 8 minutes of cooking time; roughly chop.

  2. Meanwhile, heat ½ tbsp oil in a large pan over a low heat; add the onion, ginger and a pinch of salt. Cook for about 7 minutes, until softened. Stir in the lentils and rice until they are piping hot; season.

  3. Transfer the roasted carrots and cauliflower to a warm plate. Carefully remove the skins from the garlic cloves and mash the soft flesh into the roasting tin. Tip into a small bowl with any residual roasting oil and cumin seeds. Add the remaining ½ tbsp oil, plus the honey, lemon juice, preserved lemon rind and most of the mint. Stir together and season. Add the dressing to the lentil mixture in the pan, toss together and divide between 4 plates. Top with the carrots and cauliflower. Scatter over the remaining mint leaves and toasted hazelnuts. Serve with a dollop of fat-free yogurt, if liked.

Cook’s tip

To make the dish vegan, simply replace the honey with maple syrup.

Nutritional

Typical values per serving when made using specific products in recipe

Energy

1,986kJ/ 474kcals

Fat

16g

Saturated Fat

2g

Carbohydrates

55g

Sugars

10g

Fibre

14g

Protein

20g

Salt

1.6g

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