Lentils with vegetables: a step-by-step recipe with 🥣 photo

Kitchen appliances and utensils: measuring cup, tablespoon, bowl, cutting board, knife, spatula, frying pan with a lid, stove.

Ingredients

Pre-soak a glass of lentils, preferably overnight.
Dice 2 onions into small cubes. Cut bell pepper into small squares. Tomatoes in the amount of 2 pieces are also chopped into cubes. It will take 1 carrot - we also cut it into cubes. Finely chop the clove of garlic. Cut 2-3 sprigs of parsley and dill.
Heat the oil in a pan - about 100 ml.
First of all, put tomatoes and onions in oil.
Add carrots and bell peppers.
Fry vegetables, stirring constantly.
When the vegetables are slightly browned, we spread the soaked lentils in the pan.
Add a little water - about 150-200 ml, mix well. We close the pan with a lid and leave the lentils with vegetables to simmer on low heat.
Lentils should be checked periodically. If the water has boiled, and the lentils are still damp, add more water. Stew until lentils are ready.
When the lentils are completely ready - put in a pan 1 tbsp. l tomato paste.
Sprinkle a mixture of peppers to taste. Add a little basil - also to taste. We also spread the garlic (if you do not like its aroma - you can not add it).
Sprinkle the dish with parsley and dill.
Do not forget to salt to taste. Mix everything thoroughly. Keep the mixture under the lid on the fire for a couple of minutes.

Lentils can not be soaked, but simply boiled. To do this, fill it with water in a ratio of 1: 2 and boil for about half an hour.
Other ingredients can be added to such a dish - for example, champignons, celery, spinach, grated ginger, raisins.
Red lentils, unlike green ones, cook a little faster.

In the video you can see in detail all the stages of preparing vegetables, as well as the process of stewing lentils with vegetables in a pan.

Do you, dear readers, prepare such a tasty and healthy vegetarian dish for your loved ones? What components are you adding more?

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