Lime leaf and chilli dhal with green beans
Ingredients
- 1 onion, chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, chopped
- 10ml ground cumin
- 3 cardamom pods, crushed
- 225g red lentils
- 630ml good quality vegetable stock
- 4 lime leaves
- 300g green beans, blanched
- 10ml mustard seeds
Instructions
1
Fry the onion and garlic until soft, add the spices and fry for another minute.
2
Add the lentils, stock and lime leaves,and simmer until the lentils are soft but not mushy, about 10 – 15 minutes.
3
Fry the green beans and mustard seeds in a separate frying pan for a few minutes and serve topped with the spicy dhal.
TO DRINK: Sauvignon blanc would rise to the occasion here – go for something subtle from Fairview or Jordan.
