Curried Cauliflower with Red Lentils

Spicy beans and veggies, featuring the ubiquitous roasted tomatoes. A great side dish or vegetarian main.

Step 1: Saute onions and hot peppers

2 medium onions, chopped
hot peppers, chopped (type/amount to taste; I used Serranos)
canola oil to coat pan

Add all ingredients to a large pot and cook over medium-high heat until the onions begin to soften.

Comments

[vicky_bandover]

would throwing in some potatoes mess up the recipe up?

[nikolle69]

Hey, I just want to say that this is really good I made the cauliflower lentils with goat. And my family loved it. Can't wait to try another one of your recipes.... Thanks

[myunderwear]

I started making your recipe and then I realized I didn't have the tomatoes for it. I can tell you it definitely needs tomatoes. But I made a big enough pot of it that today I just added a can of tomatoes, being far to lazy to go through the process of making the roasted tomatoes... anyways, I turned it into a soup instead. Which I can say was delish. Thanks!

[Sox]

This was very tasty and definitely on our 'make again' list. I used some curry paste as well as the spices you mentioned and, as I didn't have any roasted tomatoes, I substituted sun-dried. It worked out wonderfully!

[incorrigible packrat]

Lately, we purchased one of them tajine thingies, for the cooking of Middle Easterny sort of foods. I dunno what sort of arcane alchemic processes occur under that conical porcelain lid, but the results are mega- tasty. This recipe should work dandily in such a vessel.

[fourfeathers]

I didn't have any cauliflower, so I used potatoes and mushrooms instead. It turned out pretty good. Yummy.

[eric76]

Wouldn't gee (butter) be more appropriate than Canola oil?

[canida]

Definitely more authentic, but the lipid profile isn't as beneficial. I'm trying to tweak my diet where it doesn't matter- the taste difference between ghee and canola oil in this recipe is marginal, so I'll save ghee for things that I can taste the difference in, like paratha.

[CatMan]

loos great, seems pretty authentic compared to recipies i use for curries. only one thing- your Afghani friend's mom probably never cooked a curry in her life. curries are Indian (and Pakistani), not Afghan. your friend liked it because it's not the usual western bland food ;-)

[canida]

Well, she didn't call it a curry, and her mother uses individual spices including lots of fresh tumeric. I'm certainly taking a few creative liberties. Bland western food is unfortunate, and now unnecessary. ;)

[Chibouki]

I tried your recipe and it was very good.

[canida]

Awesome! I'm glad you liked it.

[mrbinky3000]

YUM!!!!

[AlfonsVH]

Hmmm looks delicious! I should try it out some time!