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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  African >> Rest Africa >> Nigerian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. In a saucepan over medium-high heat melt the butter and add the garlic. Stir and cook until just beginning to brown, about 1 minute. | 2. Add the yellow lentils, stir to coat with the melted butter, then add the broth. Simmer, covered, until the lentils are tender but not too mushy, approximately 20-30 minutes. | 3. The lentils will thicken as they cool down. | 4. Stir in the fresh ginger, lemon zest, lemon juice, salt and pepper to taste. Serve garnished with fresh cilantro and lemon wedges. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
butter	2	tablespoons		171.0	7.857	5.343	14.4
garlic clove	2 -3		minced	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
yellow lentil	2	cups		-	-	-	-
vegetable broth	4	cups		649.44	105.288	23.8128	15.3504
gingerroot	1	tablespoon	grated	4.8	1.0662	0.1092	0.045
lemon zest	1		grated	-	-	-	-
lemon juice	1/4	cup		13.42	4.209	0.2135	0.1464
salt				-	-	-	-
pepper				-	-	-	-
cilantro			chopped	-	-	-	-
lemon wedge				-	-	-	-

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