Red Lentil Stew With Yogurt Sauce

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 cup plain nonfat yogurt
• 1/4 cup fresh cilantro leaves
• 2 teaspoons canola oil
• 1 -2 large onion, coarsely chopped (3 cups)
• 1 -2 red bell pepper, coarsely chopped (2 cups)
• 6 garlic cloves, coarsely chopped
• 1 tablespoon curry powder
• 5 1/4 cups organic vegetable broth
• 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can whole tomatoes, undrained
• 1 lb dried small red lentil
• 1 tablespoon fresh ginger, peeled and finely grated
• 1/8 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
• salt, to taste

Recipe

• 1 yogurt sauce:.
• 2 combine yogurt and cilantro in a small bowl. use an immersion blender to finely chop cilantro and blend it in with the yogurt.
• 3 cover and chill.
• 4 lentil stew:.
• 5 heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. add onion, bell pepper, and garlic; saute 8 minutes or until tender.
• 6 add curry; cook 1 minute, stirring constantly.
• 7 add broth and tomatoes to pan; bring to a boil.
• 8 stir in lentils. cover and reduce heat, and simmer 30 minutes or until lentils are very soft. stir in ginger.
• 9 using an immersion blender in pan, coarsely puree lentil mixture. stir in cayenne pepper and salt if desired.
• 10 serve lentil mixture with yogurt sauce.