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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Asian >> Middle Eastern >> Turkish

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Rinse lentils and bring to a boil in 5 cups salted water or stock. Once boiling, reduce heat and simmer, covered for 40 minutes. | 2. While lentils boil, in a separate stock pot, heat olive oil over medium heat and sauté onions and the optional bacon. When the onions just begin to soften, add garlic, cayenne, bay leaves, cumin, coriander and chili powder. Cook for a few minutes, but don't allow garlic to brown. | 3. Add tomatoes and crush with a spoon to your desired consistency. If lentils are ready, add them to the tomato mixture now. If not, take tomatoes off heat and wait for lentils. | 4. Once lentils have been added to the tomatoes, simmer for 15 minutes over medium heat. Add salt and pepper to taste. You may also want to add some more spices if you like a little more kick to it. | 5. Add frozen spinach and cook another five minutes. If using fresh spinach, only cook for two minutes. | 6. If wanted, serve with a dollop of Greek yogurt or sour cream. | 7. The lentils do soak up a lot of liquid, so for reheating, you may need to add more stock. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
lentil	1	cup	dried	81.62	17.0478	6.8992	0.4235
water	5	cups		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
salt	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
olive oil	1/4	cup		477.36	0.0	0.0	54.0
onion	2	cups	chopped	128.0	29.888	3.52	0.32
garlic clove	3		pressed	-	-	-	-
cayenne pepper	1	teaspoon		5.724	1.0193	0.2162	0.3109
bay leaf	2			-	-	-	-
cumin	1	tablespoon	ground	22.5	2.6544	1.0686	1.3362
coriander	1	teaspoon	ground	5.364	0.9898	0.2227	0.3199
tomato	1	can		40.2099	8.6898	1.9658	0.4468
hot chili powder	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
leaf spinach baby	2	packages		-	-	-	-
salt pepper				-	-	-	-
bacon	2	slices	chopped	233.52	0.7168	7.0672	22.2264
cream	1	cup	sour	455.4	10.649000000000001	5.612	44.505

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