How to Cook Perfect Lentil stew with crusty bread

Lentil stew with crusty bread.

You can cook Lentil stew with crusty bread using 19 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Lentil stew with crusty bread

1. You need 1 cup of dried green lentils (soaked overnight - do not use tinned).
2. It's 1 of medium sized onion diced.
3. It's 2 of ripe tomatoes diced.
4. It's 2 of medium sized carrots diced.
5. Prepare 5 cloves of garlic.
6. It's 3 teaspoons of ground cumin.
7. Prepare 1 teaspoon of ground all spice.
8. You need 1 teaspoon of ground coriander.
9. It's 3 of bay leaves.
10. Prepare 2 tablespoons of paprika.
11. Prepare 1-2 tablespoons of olive oil.
12. You need 750 ml of water for cooking.
13. Prepare 2 of long red chillies.
14. Prepare of Salt - according to your taste.
15. Prepare 1 tablespoon of black pepper.
16. You need of Variations to stew can be made for more vegetables to be added:.
17. Prepare 2 of small white eggplant diced.
18. It's 2 of green zucchini diced.
19. You need 2 tablespoons of harrissa.

Lentil stew with crusty bread step by step

1. Add the olive oil to a stock pot (large pot). Add the onion and cook until opaque on medium heat. Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute stirring until fragrant. Add the sliced chillies leaving a few for garnish at the end..
2. Add the diced tomatoes and all of the spices (cumin, coriander, all spice, paprika, bay leaf, salt and pepper) and stir until combined. Add 250ml of the water to combine ingredients and cook for 3-5 minutes..
3. Add the lentils, carrots and the rest of the water. You can either soak them overnight to reduce cooking time or you can add more water (500ml) to recipe and cook them longer if you haven't soaked them. Cook from 1-3hrs on low heat. Keep an eye on them to make sure they aren't sticking to the bottom of your pot otherwise it will get a bitter burnt taste..
4. If the stew gets a bit thick simply add small amounts of water to avoid sticky stew or burning. It should have stew juices to soak up with crusty bread loaf or baguette..
5. When the lentils are soft you can stop cooking. Serve in bowls with warm crusty bread and garnish with sliced red chillies and fresh coriander leaves..
6. Bon appetit!.