Spicy Lentils with Golden Turmeric Rice - Bulk Recipe

Recipe thanks to the Cooking for Change! program.

Serves: 50

Ingredients

Spicy Lentils:

• 8kg red lentils (whole or split)
• 500ml oil
• 4kg red onions
• 200g fresh ginger (or one small jar)
• 2 bulbs fresh garlic (or one small jar)
• 120g berbere spice
• 1kg tomato paste
• 9kg passata (tomato puree)
• 40g salt
• 8 lemons

Golden Turmeric Rice:

• 2 cups basmati (or long grain) rice
• ½ teaspoon turmeric
• 5 cloves
• 1 cinnamon stick

Method

Lentils:

1. Rinse lentils well until water runs clear.
2. Place in a heavy-based pot and cover with water.
3. Bring to the boil, reduce heat and simmer until lentils are soft. Add more water as required.

Spicy Sauce:

1. Peel and very finely dice the onions, ginger and garlic.
2. Place the finely diced onion into two heavy-based stock pots and heat to evaporate moisture for approx. 10 mins.
3. Add oil, ginger and garlic and gently cook until the onion is soft but not brown.
4. Add berbere and cook for 1-2 mins, stirring.
5. Add tomato paste and cook for 5 mins, stirring.
6. Add passata and simmer 20-30 mins. Add water if required.
7. Squeeze juice from the lemons and combine spicy sauce, salt, lemon

Golden Turmeric Rice:

1. Thoroughly rinse rice (approx. 3 times until water runs clear) –divide the rice into two or three portions and use a large bowl or pot.
2. Place rinsed rice into rice cooker and add cold water accordingly to rice cooker instructions.
3. Dissolve turmeric in cold water and add to the rice cooker, together with the cloves and cinnamon stick.
4. Cook!
5. When cooked, remove cloves and cinnamon stick and gently fluff rice with a fork.
6. Serve