This is a fantastic opening. You may let it cook and serve it with a plate of rice, or you can add a little more water to it to make it more like a soup.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 45 mins |
| Total Time: | 55 mins |
| Servings: | 3 |
| Yield: | 3 servings |
Ingredients
- ½ cup lentils
- 1 ½ cups water
- 1 small tomato, chopped
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 2 teaspoons ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 2 small yellow potatoes, cubed
Instructions
- Combine the lentils, water, tomato, onion, cumin, salt, and vegetable oil in a pot over medium heat; bring to a boil. Cook and stir at a boil until the lentils are soft, about 30 minutes. Add the potatoes and cook until the potatoes are tender, about 15 minutes more.
Reviews
I added another half a cup of water. I used cherry tomatoes that were very small in this recipe. I used one and a half teaspoons of cumin. I combined the lentils and the potatoes while I was cooking for 45 minutes. Yum yum I love this recipe I’m definitely making it again.
I love the flavor but the second time and on, I added more tomatoes and potatoes
This is really a great base for anything. When I make it I follow the recipe and then just add anything from my veggie drawer that is needing to be used before going bad. Perfect for the end of the week right before grocery shopping.
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I am Colombian and I wanted to give my husband and 2 boys a taste of my culture but I couldn’t find my recipe so I went here to see if I could find this recipe and I did and I LOVE IT!!! All thought my husband didn’t want to admit it but he loved it to!!!
I’m glad I followed this recipe. I added chicken stock & garlic powder to it for extra flavor.
was craving something late at night, didn’t have too much energy to cook, this was perfect. easy, tasty, healthy, satiating.
Excellent and nutritious!
Used my instapot doubled all ingredients added 3 c of chic broth and 2 c of water added 1/2 c corn 1/2 c chopped red pepper set on soup mode came out perfect … will make again
Great flavor and consistency. I used a can of Ro-Tel fire roasted tomatoes and chilis and vegetable stock and added hot sauce at the table. Delicious!
Husband (from Colombia) likes it! I added cilantro, next time will add a dash more salt, a bit of pepper and I’ll put the potatoes in sooner so they cook through a bit more. Solid base, especially since no meat!
I substituted cauliflower for the potatoes. It was great.
Simple and delicious. Comfort food!
Wow! These were fantastic. They reminded me of my grandmother. Will definitely make them again. All my friends loved them.
Love this recipe!! Made it a little spicy with some habanero pepper and red pepper flakes! Didn’t have potatoes so I used more veggies (corn, peas, carrots etc) added chopped celery and topped it off with some crispy bacon and fresh basil Definitely making this again in my slow cooker!
Great starter, amped it up some with cumin, curry, red pepper flakes. Had to add more water and cook longer.
Very good lentils and easy to make!
This is one of our favorite meals
I added some fresh minced garlic.
Made this 50 times and we love it. I like chopped tomatoes thrown in when I turn off the heat.
Yummy and simple! The only things I changed were using canned petite diced tomatoes and adding 2 large cloves of garlic (for a double batch) as recommended by other reviewers. This will be going on my “make often” list because it was so easy and tasty!