Indulge in a Flavorful Culinary Journey with Spicy Lentil Stew: A Symphony of Spices and Hearty Goodness
Embark on a tantalizing culinary adventure with our carefully curated collection of spicy lentil stew recipes. These delectable dishes promise an explosion of flavors, combining the wholesome goodness of lentils with an aromatic blend of spices. Discover diverse variations, each offering a unique twist on this classic comfort food. From the fiery heat of the Moroccan-inspired Harira to the rustic charm of French Lentil Stew, our recipes cater to a wide range of palates. Whether you prefer a quick and easy one-pot meal or a hearty stew simmered to perfection, we have something for every home cook. Get ready to warm your soul and satisfy your taste buds with these irresistible spicy lentil stew recipes.
SPICY LENTIL & CHICKPEA STEW
This recipe came to me from a friend who had worked at a health food store. I changed a few things until I found a version that my family loved. My son doesn't like things too spicy, so I make the stew milder for him and add a sprinkle of extra spice in mine. My husband, who farms, works outdoors for long hours at a time and finds this soup hearty enough to keep him satisfied. -Melanie MacFarlane, Bedeque, Prince Edward Island
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Dinner
Time 8h25m
Yield 8 servings (2-3/4 quarts).
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- In a small skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add onion, oregano and pepper flakes; cook and stir until onion is tender, 8-10 minutes. Transfer to a 5- or 6-qt. slow cooker., Add chickpeas, lentils, olives and paprika; stir in broth and tomato sauce. Cook, covered, on low 8-10 hours, until lentils are tender. Stir in spinach. Top servings with yogurt.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 266 calories, Fat 4g fat (0 saturated fat), Cholesterol 0 cholesterol, Sodium 712mg sodium, Carbohydrate 45g carbohydrate (11g sugars, Fiber 10g fiber), Protein 14g protein. Diabetic Exchanges
SOUTH INDIAN SPICY LENTIL STEW
Steps:
- In a large saucepan bring the water to a boil. Add the dahl, tomatoes, okra, carrots, potatoes, tumeric, salt and tamarind paste or lemon juice. Stir and bring back to a boil. Reduce the heat slightly and cook until the dahl is tender--approximately 30 minutes; add more water if necessary.
- Meanwhile, in a heavy skillet, heat the oil and lightly fry the ground cilantro and cumin over a medium heat. Add the mustard seeds, chile and curry leaves and fry for 2 minutes, covering the skillet as the seeds pop. Add the fried spices to the cooked dahl and vegetables. Add the sambhar masala and mix well.
- The stew can be prepared up to 2 hours in advance.
SPICY SWEET POTATO AND LENTIL STEW
Quick vegan soup with chipotle peppers. Garnish each bowl with 1 tablespoon sour cream, green onions, and cilantro.
Provided by Susie
Categories Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes Soup Recipes Vegetable Soup Recipes Sweet Potato Soup Recipes
Time 49m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Heat oil in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Add onion and garlic; saute until softened and translucent, 5 to 7 minutes. Add tempeh bacon, wine, and chipotle chile. Cook and stir until combined, about 1 minute. Reduce heat to medium. Add broth, sweet potatoes, water, and lentils. Cook stew until lentils fall apart and potatoes are tender, about 20 minutes. Stir in cinnamon; season with salt and pepper.
- Place tortilla strips in a small skillet over high heat; cook until crispy, 3 to 5 minutes.
- Ladle stew into bowls; top with toasted tortilla strips.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 271.6 calories, Carbohydrate 45.8 g, Fat 5.7 g, Fiber 7.3 g, Protein 7.6 g, SaturatedFat 0.9 g, Sodium 666.7 mg, Sugar 10 g
SPICY INDIAN LENTIL STEW (DAAL)
This is an easy and rewarding recipe for a spicy and flavorful Indian dish of lentil stew! Serve on its own or with basmati rice.
Provided by rbexx34
Categories World Cuisine Recipes Asian Indian Side Dishes
Time 1h
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Rinse the yellow lentils, red lentils, and mung beans and put them in a medium saucepan with 5 cups water, salt, turmeric, and 1 teaspoon ghee. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until lentils are easily mashed, about 30 minutes.
- Heat remaining ghee in a frying pan over medium heat. Add cumin seeds and cook until they sputter. Add onion, chile peppers, and ginger; stir-fry until onions are soft, 5 to 7 minutes. Remove from heat and add cilantro and cayenne. Transfer mixture to lentils.
- Let mixture simmer for 3 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in lemon juice.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 236.1 calories, Carbohydrate 35.6 g, Cholesterol 11 mg, Fat 5.1 g, Fiber 14.2 g, Protein 13.3 g, SaturatedFat 2.8 g, Sodium 744 mg, Sugar 4.1 g
SAMBAR (SPICY LENTIL AND VEGETABLE STEW)
A spicy South Indian vegetable stew. Enjoy with rice, roti, or as a soup.
Provided by Sunaina
Categories Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes Stews
Time 1h25m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Combine water, toor dal, onion, tomato, pumpkin, okra, peas, and radishes in a pot. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and cook until dal, pumpkin, and radishes start to soften, 30 to 40 minutes.
- Heat oil in a small pan over medium heat and add mustard seeds. Stir in garlic, red peppers, curry leaves, and sambar powder. Cook until fragrant, about 5 minutes.
- Stir seasoned oil mixture into the stew and cook until flavors combine, 25 to 30 minutes more. Stir in tamarind, salt, and red chile powder.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 211 calories, Carbohydrate 35.1 g, Fat 6.4 g, Fiber 6 g, Protein 6.3 g, SaturatedFat 1 g, Sodium 108.3 mg, Sugar 2.8 g
SPICY ETHIOPIAN RED LENTIL STEW
From Cooking Light, this sounds like a really yummy stew and healthy for you too! Ethiopian Berbere spice is a mixture of dried chiles, cloves, ginger, coriander, and allspice that Cooking Light says can be found at gourmet markets and specialty stores.
Provided by Enjolinfam
Categories Stew
Time 1h25m
Yield 4 cups, 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Heat oil in a large Dutch oven over medium heat. Add onion to pan; cook 15 minutes or until tender, stirring occasionally. Add ginger and garlic; cook 5 minutes, stirring frequently. Stir in tomato paste and Berbere spice; cook 1 minute, stirring to combine. Gradually add broth, stirring with a whisk until blended. Increase heat to medium-high; bring to a simmer.
- Rinse lentils in cold water; drain. Add lentils to broth mixture; simmer, partially covered, 35 minutes or until lentils are tender, stirring occasionally. Stir in salt. Sprinkle with cilantro. Serve over rice.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 920.4, Fat 8.9, SaturatedFat 1.5, Sodium 2440, Carbohydrate 183.1, Fiber 13.5, Sugar 6.5, Protein 28.1
SPICY LENTIL AND SWEET POTATO STEW WITH CHIPOTLES
Categories Bean Potato Vegetarian Wheat/Gluten-Free Winter Vegan
Yield 6-8 people
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Heat the olive oil over medium heat in a large, heavy soup pot or Dutch oven and add the onion. Cook, stirring often, until it softens, about 5 minutes, and add the garlic and a generous pinch of salt. Cook, stirring, until the garlic smells fragrant, about 30 seconds, and add the ground cumin seeds and carrots. Stir together for a minute, then add the lentils, water, sweet potatoes, chipotles, tomato paste, salt to taste and the bay leaf. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat, cover and simmer 40 to 45 minutes, until the lentils and sweet potatoes are tender and the broth fragrant. Taste and adjust seasoning. Stir in the cilantro or parsley, simmer for another minute, and serve, passing lime wedges so diners can season their lentils with a squeeze of lime juice if desired.
ETHIOPIAN SPICY TOMATO LENTIL STEW
Steps:
- Boil the lentils for about 45 minutes or until tender. In a large pot, over med heat saute the onions and carrots for 10 minutes. Add the garlic, ginger and spice blend. Saute 5 more minutes. Add the chopped tomatoes, cook 5 more minutes. Add tomato paste and mix, then add the water. Simmer Until bubbling. Add the cooked lentils and green peas, simmer 15 more minutes.
SPICY LENTIL TOMATO STEW
This is a thick, fragrant, and hearty stew. Very satsifying on a cold day, very good for you, and very cheap. Can't really ask for more than that from a single recipe.
Provided by dividend
Categories Lentil
Time 50m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- Optionally, you can soak the lentils in cold water before you start the prep for this. Drain them before you add them to the soup.
- Mince the onion, celery, and garlic. Peel and mince the carrot.
- Warm the olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add the onion, carrot, and celery with a pinch of salt. Cook, stirring often, for 6 minutes.
- Add the garlic and cook for 1 minutes.
- Sprinkle on the spices, and stir.
- Make a space in the middle of the pot, and add the tomato paste. Mix everything together until a thick paste forms.
- Add the chopped tomatoes with their juice and stir.
- Add the chicken broth and water and stir.
- Add the lentils. Bring to a boil, then back the heat off to a simmer. Simmer for 30 - 45 minutes, stirring often.
- Remove from the heat, add the lemon juice, and puree to desired consistency. (I like it left slightly chunky.).
- Add pepper to taste.
- POSSIBLE GARNISHES:.
- Lemon zest / freshly squeezed lemon juice.
- Plain yogurt blended with salt, pepper, and chopped parsley or cilantro.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 347.1, Fat 3.4, SaturatedFat 0.8, Cholesterol 4.8, Sodium 484.4, Carbohydrate 58, Fiber 23.3, Sugar 10.8, Protein 23.3
SPICY CURRIED LENTIL STEW WITH CASHEW NUTS
From Ellen Brown, this stew is one of the most aromatic dishes you'll ever eat! Serve with cooked basmati rice.
Provided by FLKeysJen
Categories Curries
Time 2h20m
Yield 4-6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 18
Steps:
- Heat oil in medium skillet over medium-high heat. Add onions, garlic and jalapeno and cook, stirring frequently, for three minutes or until onion is translucent. Stir in curry powder, cumin, coriander and turmeric. Cook, stirring constantly, for one minute. Scrape mixture into the slow cooker.
- Add tomatoes, lentils, stock, cinnamon sticks and cardamom pods to the slow cooker. Cook on low for three to five hours or on high for 1 1/2 to two hours or until lentils are almost soft.
- While lentils are cooking, preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Toast cashew nuts in a single layer on a baking sheet for 5 to 7 minutes or until lightly browned. Set aside.
- If cooking on low, raise the heat to high. Remove and discard cinnamon sticks and cardamom pods, and add zucchini and cilantro to the slow cooker. Cook for 30 to 45 minutes or until zucchini is tender. Season with salt and pepper, and serve immediately over rice.
SPICY LENTIL STEW
Steps:
- Pick over lentils. In a bowl soak lentils in water to cover 1 hour. Wrap cinnamon sticks and cardamom pods in a small square of cheesecloth and with kitchen string tie into a bundle. Separately chop onions and tomatoes. Wearing rubber gloves, seed and devein chile and finely chop.
- In a 4-quart kettle cook onions in oil with cheesecloth bundle over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until onions are softened. Stir in tomatoes, chile, garlic, masala, cumin, coriander seeds, and turmeric and simmer 10 minutes.
- Drain lentils in a sieve and add to onion mixture with 4 cups water. Simmer mixture, uncovered, adding more water if necessary to keep ingredients just covered with liquid, until lentils are very soft, about 40 minutes.
- Cut zucchini into 1/8-inch-thick rounds. Discard cheesecloth bundle and arrange zucchini in an even layer on top of curry. Cook curry, covered, until zucchini is tender about 10 minutes.
- Sprinkle curry with cilantro and serve over rice.
- *Available at East Indian markets and some specialty food shops.
YEMISER W'ET (SPICY LENTIL STEW)
Make and share this Yemiser W'et (spicy lentil stew) recipe from Food.com.
Provided by LikeItLoveIt
Categories Stew
Time 40m
Yield 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Rinse and cook the lentils.
- Meanwhile saute the onions and garlic in the niter kebbeh, until the onions are just translucent.
- Add the berbere, cumin, and paprika and saute for a few minutes more, stirring occasionally to prevent burning.
- Mix in the chopped tomatoes and tomato paste and simmer for another 5 to 10 minutes.
- Add 1 cup of vegetable stock or water and continue simmering.
- When the lentils are cooked, drain them and mix them into the saute.
- Add the green peas and cook for another 5 minutes.
- Add salt and black pepper to taste.
- To serve Yemiser W'et, spread layers of injera on individual plates.
- Place some yogurt or cottage cheese alongside a serving of w'et on the injera and pass more injera at the table.
- To eat, tear off pieces of injera, fold it around bits of stew, and, yes, eat it with your fingers.
SPICY LENTIL AND SWEET POTATO STEW WITH CHIPOTLES
The sweetness of the sweet potatoes infuses this Mexican-inspired lentil dish along with the heat of the chipotles, which also have a certain sweetness as well because of the adobo sauce they're they are packed in. The combination, with the savory lentils, is a winner.
Provided by Martha Rose Shulman
Categories dinner, one pot, main course
Time 1h
Yield Serves 6 to 8
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Heat the olive oil over medium heat in a large, heavy soup pot or Dutch oven and add the onion. Cook, stirring often, until it softens, about 5 minutes, and add the garlic and a generous pinch of salt. Cook, stirring, until the garlic smells fragrant, about 30 seconds, and add the ground cumin seeds and carrots. Stir together for a minute, then add the lentils, water, sweet potatoes, chipotles, tomato paste, salt to taste and the bay leaf. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat, cover and simmer 40 to 45 minutes, until the lentils and sweet potatoes are tender and the broth fragrant. Taste and adjust seasoning. Stir in the cilantro or parsley, simmer for another minute, and serve, passing lime wedges so diners can season their lentils with a squeeze of lime juice if desired.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 163, UnsaturatedFat 2 grams, Carbohydrate 28 grams, Fat 2 grams, Fiber 5 grams, Protein 10 grams, SaturatedFat 0 grams, Sodium 614 milligrams, Sugar 3 grams
ETHIOPIAN SPICY SPLIT LENTIL STEW (YIMSER WOT)
Ethiopian Spicy Split Lentil Stew (Yimser Wot) is cooked with chili powder (Berbere) and served with Injera (Ethiopian flat bread) or bread of your choice. Excellent dish for vegans and Lent Observers.
Provided by yewoinfamilycooking
Categories Stew
Time 35m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Bring to boil 4 cups of water in a medium pot. Rinse the lentils with fresh water and add to it. Cook for 5 minutes.
- Remove the foam with spoon and discard . Lightly drain the extra water in a container or a cup.
- Meanwhile, sauté the onion with ½ cup of water and one tablespoon of oil for 5 minutesor until tender.
- To the cooked onion add one cup of water, hot red chili powder (berbere), the rest of the oil, garlic and black pepper. Stir for 10 minutes.
- Combine the lentils and sauce. Mix well. If more water is needed, use the set-aside water. Cook the stew for 20 minutes until it simmers.
- Add false cardamom and salt to taste. Remove from heat. Serve it warm or cold.
- P.S. To make it mild, you may use tomato sauce.
- * You will find these spices in Ethiopian or Indian shops/groceries.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 283.3, Fat 11.1, SaturatedFat 1.6, Sodium 63.7, Carbohydrate 34, Fiber 16.2, Sugar 2.4, Protein 13.3
MISR WOT (ETHIOPIAN SPICY LENTIL STEW)
Categories Vegetable
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- 1. Rinse lentils in a sieve under cold running water and set aside.
- 2. In a medium saucepan, saute onion in canola oil over medium heat until the onions turn golden, about 10-15 minutes.
- 3. Add ginger and garlic and saute until fragrant, about 2 minutes. Add RawSpiceBar's Berbere spices, stir until fragrant, about 1 minute.
- 4. Add lentils and cook for about 5 minutes.
- 5. Add chopped tomatoes and broth, bring to a boil. Lower the heat and simmer, covered, until lentils are soft, about 25 minutes. Stir occasionally, adding more liquid if needed. Salt & pepper to taste.
Tips:
- Use a variety of lentils for a more complex flavor and texture. Brown lentils add nuttiness, while green lentils hold their shape well and red lentils dissolve into the stew, creating a thicker consistency.
- Sautéing the spices in oil before adding the lentils helps to release their flavor and aroma. Be sure to use a large enough pot or Dutch oven so that the spices don't burn.
- Add a variety of vegetables to the stew for added nutrition and flavor. Some good options include carrots, celery, onions, garlic, tomatoes, bell peppers, and potatoes.
- Use a good quality vegetable broth or stock for the best flavor. You can also use water, but the stew will be less flavorful.
- Season the stew to taste with salt, pepper, and other spices. You can also add a squeeze of lemon juice or a dollop of yogurt for a bit of tanginess.
- Serve the stew over rice, quinoa, or your favorite bread.
Conclusion:
This spicy lentil stew is a hearty, flavorful, and satisfying meal that's perfect for a cold winter day. It's also a great way to use up leftover lentils. So next time you're looking for a quick and easy weeknight meal, give this stew a try.
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