Jerk Inspired Lentils
Vegan jerk-inspired lentils offer a tantalizing twist on traditional lentil dishes by infusing them with the bold and aromatic flavours of Jamaican jerk seasoning.
Ingredients
- 1 can brown lentils
- 1 large red onion
- 1 tin chopped tomatoes
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 1 red chilli
- 1 tsp ginger paste
- 2 spring onions
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- Juice of a whole lime
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 1 tsp brown sugar
Spice blend
- ½ tsp nutmeg
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp ground allspice
- ½ tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp dried thyme
- 1 tsp salt
Instructions
- Firstly to make the jerk paste add to a food processor half of the onion, the garlic cloves, the ginger, the chilli, spring onions, olive oil, lime juice, soy sauce, vinegar and the spice blend.
- Process this until smooth and set aside.
- Dice the other half of the onion and fry off until soft in some olive oil.
- Add the jerk paste and mix well.
- Next add in the tomatoes and leave the mix to simmer for 15 minutes.
- Lastly add in the lentils with their juice from the can and cook this down until it thickens.
- Serve up with some rice and a squeeze of lime juice over the top.