Simple Way to Prepare Ultimate Carrots and Lentils in Olive Oil

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To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have carrots and lentils in olive oil using 12 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Carrots and Lentils in Olive Oil:

1. Prepare brown, green or black lentils, rinsed
2. Prepare water
3. Prepare extra virgin olive oil
4. Get Onion, halved lengthwise, then sliced thin across the grain
5. Get ground coriander seeds (optional)
6. Get garlic cloves, minced
7. Take carrots, peeled and sliced thin diagonally (about 4 cups sliced)
8. Get thinly sliced (1 inch) Celery
9. Make ready tomato paste dissolved in 1 cup water
10. Get sugar
11. Take Salt
12. Make ready chopped fresh mint

Steps to make Carrots and Lentils in Olive Oil:

1. . Combine the lentils with 3 cups water in a saucepan, and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat, cover and simmer for 15 minutes. Set a strainer over a bowl, and drain. Save the water!
2. Heat the oil over medium heat in a heavy casserole or skillet. Add the onion and coriander seeds. Cook, stirring, until the onion is tender, about five minutes.
3. Add the garlic Celery and carrots and salt to taste. Cook, stirring, for two to three minutes until the carrots begin to soften. Stir in the dissolved tomato paste, sugar and lentils. Add 1 to 1 1/2 cups of the cooking water from the lentils (enough to cover the lentils), salt to taste and half the mint. - Bring to a simmer, and simmer uncovered for 15 - 20 minutes (don't let the carrots get too mushy)
4. Taste and adjust salt. Remove from the heat, sprinkle on the remaining mint, drizzle with good olive oil and lemon juice to taste. and serve, or allow to cool and serve at room temperature.

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