It was one of those days, after going shopping at Trader Joe’s and confronted the dreaded ‘what’s for dinner’ question. I had bought a bag of prepared lentils at TJs. Even though lentils cook up very quickly, I’ve found that having these in the refrigerator helps me make a nutritious salad in a moment.
So for dinner … I decided to make up a dish, and ended up really enjoying it! Here’s what it included:
About 1/2 the bag of lentils.
1 onion, chopped
1 clove garlic
1 red pepper, chopped
About 1 Tbsp ginger, grated
About 6 Thai basil leaves, chopped
Cardamom powder
Curry powder
Fenugreek powder
Pinch of salt (the lentils were already prepared with some)
DIRECTIONS:
Sauté the onion, then add the garlic and ginger.
Add the spices
Add the red pepper
Add the lentils. When they’re heated through, the dish is done. But it was even better when I went back for seconds and they absorbed more of the spices. Easy peasy and delicious!