tasty fun with a Lentil HotPot

One night for dinner last week we had a Lentil Hot Pot, this is one of my recipes from many years ago, easy to make, very nutritious and quite tasty.  We had this with steamed rice and a side salad..... 

You can vary the spices you add to it, I used the McCormicks Middle Eastern spice blend, (Harissa) but you could add cumin, coriander and or ginger if you wish.

If you are interested, the following is how I made the above Lentil Hot Pot:

brown two small chopped onions with 2 cloves garlic (or two teaspoons) in olive oil or spray the pot well with a 'cooking / oil spray'. at this point you can add two small teaspoons of Middle Eastern spice (Harissa) and some Turmeric or you could add a teaspoon each of cumin, ginger and coriander.  Brown this mix stirring constantly.

Do not over cook.

add two to three cups of stock, it can be vegetable or chicken. If no actual 'stock' available, then use water with stock cubes.

at this point you can transfer this mix to a 'slow cooker' or leave it in the stove top pot.now add 2 cups each of red lentils, diced pumpkin and diced potato.

 add one can of diced tomato's. Stir well.

if using stove top pot, stir gently and often. The lentils may stick to the bottom of the pot if you don't. You may need to add more water at this stage too.

It will take approx 35 mins of cooking time.

If you have transferred it to a slow cooker, allow about three hours of cooking time, but at least you can go away and leave it. No need to keep stirring!

served with chopped fresh coriander, steamed rice and a garden salad. Delicious!

Hope you and your family enjoy the above recipe.

Tasty Fun with the Lentil HotPot