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4 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 cup Lentils
3 cups Water
½ cup Chopped scallions (green &
White parts), or onion
(either is good)
½ cup Green peppers, diced
½ cup Red peppers, diced
1 tablespoon Chili powder (adjust to
Taste, esp. if you use spicy
Chili powder)
½ teaspoon Cumin seeds, crushed (what I
Use) or 1 tsp ground cumin
4 Cloves minced garlic
1 To 2 TBSP red wine vinegar
1 8 oz can tomato sauce
1 tablespoon Molasses

Directions

Bring the lentils and water to a boil, then cover & simmer for about 25 - 30 minutes until soft but not mushy. While the lentils cook, saute the scallions, pepppers, garlic, chili powder and cumin in 1 TBSP vinegar til the vegetables are limp (about 2 mins). (NB: I do use a nonstick pan for this step.) Add tomato sauce and molasses, cook for 1 minute (scrape the stuck pieces off the pan), taste and add more vinegar if needed (I usually add another TBSP). Add mixture to lentils and cook until heated through.

Great over rice, or maybe as a burrito or taco filling (recommend using less than 3c. water then, since this comes out very sauce-y).

Source: originally from the Jane Brody Good Food Gourmet, modified Posted by aiko@... (Aiko Pinkoski) to the Fatfree Digest [Volume 15 Issue 22] Feb. 22, 1995.

Individual recipes copyrighted by originator. FATFREE Recipe collections copyrighted by Michelle Dick 1995. Formatted by Sue Smith, SueSmith9@... using MMCONV. Archived through kindness of Karen Mintzias, km@....

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