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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  African >> Rest Africa >> Nigerian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. mince the garlic and dice the onion. | 2. heat oil in a medium-sized pot, add onion and garlic and heat on low until the onions become translucent (it's important to keep it on the lowest heat setting because garlic burns really easily!). | 3. add a pinch or two of curry powder, coat onions and garlic and sautee for one more minute or until the spice starts to dye them. | 4. now add the lentils and water according to the packaging (mine suggested 1 cup of lentils and 3 cups of water), bring to a boil and add the rest of the spices. | 5. stir, cover, turn the heat back down to low and let simmer for 20-30 minutes or until lentils are tender. | 6. drain most of the water and serve over rice or with pita or naan bread and enjoy! | 7. *you can use any spices you have laying around, really. I just sifted through my cupboards and found that these work really well together, but feel free to experiment, add veggies, whatever you like :). | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
oil	2	tablespoons		224.25599999999997	0.0	0.0717	25.4669
water	3	cups		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
green lentil	1	cup		-	-	-	-
garlic clove	1			-	-	-	-
onion	1/2	cup	diced	32.0	7.472	0.88	0.08
curry powder	2	teaspoons		13.0	2.2332	0.5716	0.5604
ginger	1	teaspoon	ground	1.6	0.3554	0.0364	0.015
turmeric	1	teaspoon		9.36	2.0142	0.2904	0.0975
chili powder	1	teaspoon		7.614	1.3419	0.3634	0.3856

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