Moroccan Brown Lentil Food

SAUCY MOROCCAN-SPICED LENTILS

Steps:

• Cook lentils first by bringing water to a boil and adding lentils. Bring back to a boil. Then reduce heat to low and simmer (uncovered) for about 20 minutes or until lentils are tender.
• In the meantime, to a food processor or small blender, add garlic*, onion or shallot*, bell pepper, tomato paste, coconut sugar, sea salt, paprika, cumin, coriander, ginger, turmeric, cayenne pepper, and apple cider vinegar. Mix to thoroughly combine.
• Taste and adjust flavor as needed, adding more tomato paste for depth of flavor, spices for more overall flavor (especially coriander and paprika), cayenne for heat, coconut sugar for sweetness, apple cider vinegar for acidity, or salt for saltiness. Set aside.
• Once the lentils have cooked, drain off any excess liquid and then add spice mixture and parsley or cilantro and mix well to combine (see photo).
• Enjoy immediately with salads, rice (or cauliflower rice), bowls, and more. Store leftovers in the refrigerator up to 4-5 days or in the freezer up to 1 month.

MOROCCAN LENTIL SOUP

Steps:

• In large pot saute; the onions, garlic, and ginger in a little olive oil for about 5 minutes.
• Add the water, lentils, chick peas, white kidney beans, diced tomatoes, carrots, celery, garam masala, cardamom, cayenne pepper and cumin. Bring to a boil for a few minutes then simmer for 1 to 1 1/2 hours or longer, until the lentils are soft.
• Puree half the soup in a food processor or blender. Return the pureed soup to the pot, stir and enjoy!

AUTHENTIC MOROCCAN LENTIL SOUP

Steps:

• Warm up a couple tablespoons of olive oil in your instant pot on saute mode. Add your onions, chopped coriander and cook for 5-7 minutes or until onions become translucent.
• Add your broth/water, along with passata, green lentils, salt, pepper, paprika, ground cumin, turmeric and chili flakes. Let simmer uncovered for 5 minutes. Close your instant pot and cook for 30 minutes on high pressure.
• Once the 30 minutes expire, release steam using quick release. Add a little bit of water to get the desired consistency. Garnish with some olive oil and some more fresh coriander. Serve with some Moroccan Bread. Enjoy!
• Warm up a couple tablespoons of olive oil on medium heat. Add your minced onions, minced garlic and chopped coriander and cook them for 5-7 minutes or until onions become translucent.
• Add your broth/water, along with passata, green lentils, salt, pepper, paprika, ground cumin, turmeric and chili flakes. Let simmer uncovered for 5 minutes.
• Lower the heat, cover and let your stew simmer for 40-45 minutes. Take a look at your stew every 10-15 minutes. If it looks dry, add a little bit more water.
• Once your lentils are fully cooked, turn off the heat and garnish with some olive oil and some more fresh coriander. Serve with some Moroccan Bread. Enjoy!

WINTER DETOX MOROCCAN SWEET POTATO LENTIL SOUP (SLOW COOKER)

Steps:

• Place the sweet potatoes, carrots, onions, celery, red bell pepper, garlic, lentils, spices, and 6 cups of broth into a slow cooker. Cover and cook on the low setting for 6-8 hours or on high for 4-6 hours. Check the lentils for doneness. If you're lentils have been in the pantry for a while, note that they'll take a bit longer to cook through.
• Place half the soup into a blender along with a little additional broth (½ cup or so) and blend till smoothish. Alternately, you can use an immersion blender directly in the slow cooker but be sure to not blend all of the soup if you want it to have a chunkier texture. Add the puree back into the slow cooker. Stir in the baby spinach and lemon juice. Cover the slow cooker, unplug it, and allow the ingredients to just hang out for 30 minutes or so until the spinach wilts down.
• Season with salt, pepper and curry powder to taste as desired. Thin with additional broth to desired consistency. Serve warm with whipped greek yogurt, fried pita bread, and tons of fresh herbs (parsley or cilantro) on top!

MOROCCAN LENTIL SOUP WITH YOGURT

Steps:

• Remove the stems from the spinach; wash the leaves thoroughly, and pat dry. Cut into thin strips. Set aside.
• Saute onion in olive oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat, stirring constantly, until tender. Add the sliced carrot and garlic, and saute, stirring constantly, until crisp-tender. Add the chicken broth and the next 13 ingredients (up to the salt -- leave out the noodles, reserved spinach, and yogurt). Bring to a boil. Partially cover, and reduce heat. Simmer 20 minutes or until the lentils are tender.
• Stir in the reserved spinach and noodles; cook, partially covered, 7 minutes or until noodles are done. (Depends on the noodles you picked!). Remove and discard the bay leaf.
• Ladle soup into individual bowls. Top each serving with a dollop of yogurt.

MOROCCAN LENTIL AND CHICKPEA SOUP

Steps:

• In large heavy saucepan or dutch oven, melt butter over medium heat. Stir in onion and celery and cook, covered, for 7-10 minutes or until onion is tender, stirring occasionally.
• Add cinnamon, turmeric, salt, pepper, ginger, hot pepper sauce and saffron. Cook, stirring, for 2 minutes. Add tomatoes, lentils, chickpeas and broth. Bring to boil, reduce heat, and simmer, covered, for about 40 minutes or until lentils are tender.
• Stir in noodles and simmer, covered, about 7 minutes longer or until noddles are just tender. In bowl, whisk flour, and 1 cup water until smooth. Whisk flour mixture into soup and simmer, stirring often, for 2-4 minutes or until soup is thickened and no raw flour taste remains.
• Stir in half of the parsley and cilantro, and all of the lemon juice. Taste and adjust seasoning, adding up to 1/2 tsp more salt if needed. Garnish with remaining parsley and cilantro.

MOROCCAN LAMB

Steps:

• Heat a large, non-stick frying pan. Cook the lamb well on all sides without adding extra oil. Tip in the spices, then fry for 1 min more until aromatic.
• Pour in the chopped tomatoes and parsley, bring to the boil, then simmer gently, with a lid on, for 30 mins or until the lamb is tender. Serve sprinkled with more parsley.

MOROCCAN CHICKPEA LENTIL STEW

Steps:

• Preheat soup pot or dutch oven over medium heat. Add oil.
• Once oil is heated, add onions and sauté for 5-7 minutes. Add garlic and continue cooking for 2-3 minutes.
• Stir in sweet potatoes and cook for 5-6 minutes.
• Add broth, tomatoes, lentils, and all dry spices and stir well. Bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer and cook for 25 minutes, stirring occasionally, until lentils are fully cooked.
• Add chickpeas and cook for an additional 5 minutes.
• Serve with a drizzle of plain yogurt and fresh herbs.

18+ BEST LENTIL RECIPES (+LENTIL NACHOS)

Steps:

• After cooking the lentils in the broth and enchilada sauce, make your cheese sauce.
• Add the chips to a baking sheet, then top with ingredients and bake until cheese has melted.

MOROCCAN LENTIL STEW

Steps:

• Stir hot water and tomato bouillon together in a bowl until dissolved.
• Heat oil over medium heat in a Dutch oven or large pot. Add onion; cook and stir until starting to soften, about 3 minutes. Stir in garlic, fenugreek leaves, bay leaf, cumin, coriander, cinnamon, salt, and cayenne pepper; cook for 1 minute more.
• Stir in lentils, butternut squash, carrot, celery, and tomato bouillon. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer, stirring occasionally, until lentils have softened, about 45 minutes.
• Add green beans and peas and cook for 5 minutes more. Garnish with fresh cilantro.

MOROCCAN SPICED RED LENTIL SOUP

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in Dutch oven over medium heat. Add onions and cook, stirring, 10 minutes until softened and beginning to color. Add garlic and cook one minute to release its aroma. Add celery and cook 2 minutes until softened. Add 1 teaspoon of salt, the pepper and the turmeric, cumin, ginger, cinnamon, saffron, and bay leaf and cook 2 to 3 minutes to develop the flavor of the spices. Add tomato paste, potatoes, lentils and water and cook 45 minutes; the lentils and potatoes should be quite tender. Stir in remaining 1 teaspoon salt, wheat berries and tomatoes and heat through. Taste and adjust seasoning. Serve garnished with cilantro.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly brush oil or butter on both sides of bread slices. Arrange bread in a single layer on a cookie sheet and bake 10 minutes. Remove from oven and cool croutons on a wire rack.

MOROCCAN SPICED LENTIL SOUP

Steps:

• In Dutch oven, bring water to a boil.
• Add lentils; return to a boil.
• Reduce heat; simmer 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, spray large nonstick skillet with nonstick cooking spray.
• Heat over Medium-High heat until hot.
• Add onions; cook 8-10 minutes or until edges of onions are brown, stirring occasionally.
• Add onions to lentils.
• If desired for additional flavor, pour about 1/2 cup of lentil liquid into skillet; scrape bottom and sides to remove any bits of browned onions.
• Add to lentil mixture.
• Stir in all remaining ingredients.
• Cover: cook 20 minutes.

MOROCCAN LENTIL CARROT SALAD (VEGAN)

Steps:

• Combine the cooked lentils, shredded carrots, red onion, celery, mint, raisins, and nuts or seeds in a large bowl.
• Combine the dressing ingredients in a bowl or jar and whisk or secure the lid and shake to combine.
• Pour the dressing over the salad and toss to coat. Taste and add more lemon juice, if desired. I usually
• Serve! I love serving pita and hummus on the side. Leftover salad can be stored in an airtight container in the fridge for several days. The flavour of the salad tends to mellow quite a bit the longer the dressing is on it, so I always add a bit more lemon juice right before enjoying the leftovers to enliven the flavours again.

TRUE MOROCCAN LENTIL SOUP

Steps:

• In a large soup pot, stew pot or dutch oven cook the chick peas and white beans seperately until just tender.
• Using a smaller pot, cook the lentils for 20 minutes and drain the beans and lentils.
• In the same pot, saute the onions, garlic*, ginger, paprika and cumin approximately 5 minutes in the oil. I use the olive oil for this one as the Moroccan home cooks who I know will allow this cooking of olive oil rarely and for this recipe.
• Add the water, lentils, chick peas, white beans, tomatoes, carrots, pepper and cumin, black pepper and salt to taste. Our black pepper used in a teaspoon will impart some good spicy heat to the dish. Should your black pepper not do this then please add a bit more black pepper as we do not use cayenne here.
• Bring to a boil for a 5 minutes and simmer 3/4 covered 1 to 1 1/2 hours or longer, until the beans and lentils are soft but not mushy.
• I have seen mny similar recipes on the internet stating to puree some of the soup and return it to the pot. While this is a nice idea, most Moroccan homes do not have a blender and this soup is not intended to be made as such.
• Prep. time does not include soaking and pre-cooking the beans.
• * Omit the garlic if using for Ramadan.

INSTANT POT MOROCCAN LENTIL SOUP

Steps:

• First, wash the brown lentil and red lentils 2 to 3 times with water. Drain all the water and keep the lentil aside.
• Heat the oil in the inner pot of the instant pot. Add garlic, ginger, onions, celery, and jalapenos, and saute for about a few seconds.
• Now add bell pepper, carrots, kale, brown lentils, red lentils, vegetable broth, tomato paste, salt, black pepper powder, turmeric powder, cumin powder, coriander powder, smoked paprika, and cinnamon.
• Stir to combine and until the tomato paste has dissolved. Cover the instant pot with its locking lid, vent valve in sealing position.
• Press the manual/pressure cook button and set the timer for 20 minutes under high pressure.
• Once cooking time is done, let the pressure release naturally.
• Carefully open the lid, add coconut milk, cilantro, and lime juice. Mix very well.
• Serve immediately and top with your desired toppings. For garnishes, I like to add some lime juice, fresh cilantro, onions, and jalapeno slices. A little spicy, a little creamy and so good!

RFISSA MOROCCAN CHICKEN LENTIL STEW

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large skillet over high heat and cook the chicken for 3-4 minutes on each side until golden brown. Remove from the pan and set aside.
• Reheat the pan over medium heat and add the onions and garlic. Cook, stirring occasionally, for 6-8 minutes until golden. Add the tomatoes and tomato paste. Mix well and cook for 1 to 2 minutes or until the tomatoes start to break down.
• Add the ginger, ras el hanout, fenugreek, pepper, saffron and a pinch of salt. Mix well and return the chicken to the pan. Pour in the stock and add lentils, split peas, and half the cilantro. Mix well. Bring to a boil, cover, reduce to heat to low and cook for 2 hours, or until the chicken is cooked through and split peas are soft and tender. Once cooked, add the butter and most of the remaining cilantro. Mix together so the butter melts and makes the sauce shimmer.
• Meanwhile, bring a pan of water to a boil and hard boil the eggs for 5-6 minutes. Drain, peel and chop into quarters.
• Heat a non-stick skillet over high heat. Cook the chapatis for 10-20 seconds on each side. Slice into strips and put into a large serving dish. Top with cooked chicken and spoon over the lentils. Arrange the eggs over the top and scatter the remaining cilantro. Serve hot.

MOROCCAN CHICKEN AND LENTILS

Steps:

• Combine 8 cups water and 1 teaspoon salt in heavy large saucepan over high heat. Add lentils; bring to boil. Cover, reduce heat to medium, and simmer until lentils are tender, about 20 minutes. Drain well; rinse with cold water and drain again. Place in large bowl.
• Whisk 1 cup olive oil, vinegar, 2 tablespoons cumin, 2 tablespoons chili powder, garlic, and 1 teaspoon salt in large measuring cup. Pour 1 cup dressing over warm lentils and toss. Cool.
• Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in large skillet over high heat. Add onion; sauté until dark brown and soft, about 5 minutes. Add chicken; sauté 2 minutes. Add 1 teaspoon salt, 1 tablespoon cumin, 2 teaspoons chili powder, and cinnamon. Sauté until chicken is cooked through, about 3 minutes longer.
• Arrange lentils on large platter. Place sliced chicken atop lentils. Drizzle with remaining dressing and sprinkle with parsley. (Can be made 2 hours ahead. Let stand at room temperature.)

MOROCCAN BROWN LENTIL

Steps:

• WASH AND PICK THROUGH THE LENTILS, LET SOAK FOR 5 MINUTES, DRAIN.
• IN A POT HEAT 2 TBSP OLIVE OIL AND SAUTÉ ONION APPROX 3 MINUTES TILL TRANSLUCENT, ADD GARLIC AND SAUTÉ 1 minute ADD LENTILS, TOMATOES, CELERY, CARROTS AND POTATO. SAUTÉ FOR 3 ADDITIONAL MINUTES, ADD SPICES, CHICKEN STOCK AND WATER TO COVER, BRING TO A BOIL, 3 MINUTES. COVER AND SIMMER TILL TENDER APPROXIMATELY 35 MINUTES (ADD MORE WATER IF NEEDED).
• WHILE LENTILS ARE COOKING, IN A SEPARATE PAN ADD RESERVED OLIVE OIL, ADD MINCED GARLIC, CORIANDER AND THE FRESH CILANTRO, FRY FOR APPROXIMATELY 2 MINUTES.BE CAREFUL NOT TO BURN YOUR GARLIC. ONCE SOUP IS COOKED ADD THE CILANTRO/CORIANDER MIXTURE AND LET SIT FOR ABOUT 10 MINUETS TO ALLOW THE MIXTURE TO INFUSE THE SOUP.
• Enjoy.
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