We had bought a package of refrigerated, precooked lentils at Trader Joe's so I decided to try some sort of lentil wrap. I used this curried lentil burrito recipe as inspiration but since I didn't have everything it called for, I ended up doing this:
Par-boiled some cubed potatos.
Sauteed onion, and added lots of curry, cumin, & red pepper flakes. When it started to brown and stick to the pan, I added a little water, the potatos and lentils. It was starting to stick again so I added a little vegetable broth, garlic salt and pepper and popped the lid on to finish cooking the potatos. Added chopped spinach and stirred that up. Adjusted curry/cumin/salt and added lemon juice.
Shredded monterey jack cheese and chopped fresh cilantro.
I think this all would've been great in a standard tortilla.
But the inspiration recipe dipped the tortilla in an egg, milk, & chopped parsley mixture then plopped that in a skillet. So I tried it. It was good...but I think I'd just do standard tortillas next time.
But I would like to try that spiced yogurt and just use it instead of the cheese.
2 comments:
have you ever made "real" lentils, the kind you have to soak overnight etc.? rita made some for our last box dinner, and they were so good. i want to try it but i never plan far enough in advance!
I've made dried lentils before. But I've never soaked them. I recently just rinsed and boiled red ones (for the rhubarb, lentil stew(!) and they were done in about 20-30 minutes.
I cook them (brown/green ones) in the crockpot all the time too for 8 hours and they're fine that way too.
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