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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  African >> Rest Africa >> Nigerian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Soak lentils in water to cover for 1 hour. Wrap cinnamon sticks and cardamom pods in a small square of cheesecloth and tie into a bundle with string. | 2. Heat oil in a 4-qt. heavy pot over moderate heat until hot, but not smoking. Add onions and cheesecloth bundle and cook, stirring occasionally, until onions are softened, 6-8 minutes. Stir in tomatoes, chile, garlic, garam masala, cumin, coriander, and turmeric, bring to a simmer, stirring occasionally, until tomatoes have broken down, about 10 minutes. | 3. Drain lentils in a sieve and add to onion mixture. Stir in water, bring to a simmer, and simmer, uncovered, adding more water if necessary to keep ingredients just covered with liquid, until lentils are very soft, about 40 minutes. Discard cheesecloth bundle and stir in salt. Arrange zucchini in an even layer on top of stew. Cook, covered, until zucchini is tender, about 10 minutes. Sprinkle stew with cilantro and serve over rice. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
brown lentil	1 1/2	cups	rinsed picked	-	-	-	-
cinnamon	2	sticks		-	-	-	-
green cardamom pod	2			-	-	-	-
vegetable oil	1/4	cup		469.79	0.0	0.0	54.5
onion	2		chopped	120.0	28.02	3.3	0.3
tomato	3	cups	ripe chopped chopped drained	124.2	27.54	6.48	1.08
serrano chili	1		seeded chopped	-	-	-	-
garlic	2	teaspoons	minced	8.344	1.8514	0.3562	0.027999999999999997
cumin	1	teaspoon	ground	7.875	0.929	0.374	0.4677
coriander	1	teaspoon	ground	5.364	0.9898	0.2227	0.3199
turmeric	1/2	teaspoon	ground	4.68	1.0071	0.1452	0.0488
garam masala	1	tablespoon		-	-	-	-
water	4	cups		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
salt	1 1/2	1/2		-	-	-	-
zucchini	3		cut	6.93	1.0263	0.8943	0.132
cilantro	1/4	cup	chopped	0.92	0.1468	0.0852	0.0208
basmati rice				-	-	-	-
cheesecloth				-	-	-	-
kitchen string				-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.