Tahini Lentils
An easy Moroccan dinner made with beans & lentils. Ready in about 32 minutes. Difficulty: easy.
- 27 minPrep (about)
- 5 minCook (about)
- 32 minTotal time
- 4Servings
- EasyDifficulty
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Join the waitlist Not nowIngredients
Main ingredient
- 9 oz lentils
Fresh & other
- zest and juice of 1 lemon
- 1 red onion
- 1 clove garlic
- 1 yellow bell pepper Shopping tip: Bell pepper (UK recipes call it pepper).
- 7 oz green beans
- 1 zucchini Shopping tip: Zucchini (UK: courgette).
- 3 ½ oz kale
Sauces & oils
- 1 ¾ oz tahini
- 2 tbsp olive oil
How to make it
Steps in our own plain words.
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Mix your tahini using your zest plus juice of your lemon plus 3 ½ tbsp of cold water to make runny dressing in a jug.
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Season to taste.
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Set aside.
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Heat the oil in a wok or big frying pan over a medium-high heat.
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Add your red onion, along using a pinch of salt.
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Fry for 2 mins till starting to soften and colour.
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Add the courgette, green beans, pepper and garlic.
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Fry for 5 min.
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Stir often.
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Tip in the tahini dressing, lentils and the kale.
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Keep your pan on the heat for 2 mins, stirring everything together till your kale is wilted plus it’s all coated in your creamy dressing.
On the side: Green salad
A side we added to round out the meal. It is not part of the original recipe.
How to make it (10 min)
- Rinse the salad greens. Slice the cucumber.
- Put it all in a bowl and toss with the dressing just before eating.
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Join the waitlistRecipe from TheMealDB, adapted from the original. Steps rewritten in our own words. Times are estimates.