Lentils With Potato and Cabbage

Brian Holley's Note:

I created this simple but tastey side dish to accompany a curry. The use of precooked lentils reduces the cooking time. All good curries deserve a dish of lentils as a side dish to compliment the curry and add another flavour while bulking out the meal. This dish can be used as a soup if you add a stock cube or two and more water.

• Total Time: 23 mins
• Prep Time: 3 mins
• Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 1 ounce butter
• 2 tablespoons oil
• 1 onion , sliced
• 2 garlic cloves , chopped
• 500 g precooked lentils (bottled or canned )
• 1 large potato , peeled and cubed
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 dried red chilies , chopped
• ½ teaspoon turmeric
• 1 teaspoon curry powder
• ½ cup water
• 2 cups cabbage , finely shredded

Directions:

1. In a pot melt the butter with the oil,.
2. Fry the oniions till light brown in colour, add the garlic and cook for 1 minute.
3. Add all the other ingredients apart from the CABBAGE. reduce heat to medium and cook till potato is tender. Stir in the cabbage, turn off the heat cover pot with a lid and allow to stand for a few minutes.
4. Serve along with a curry of your choice.