Cheese & chilli naans
Ready in under 20 minutes and a perfect accompaniment to other Indian dishes such as dhal
Red lentil & squash dhal
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- Cook:
- Easy
- Serves 4
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- 1 tbsp sunflower oil
- 1 onionfinely chopped
- 1 garlic clovefinely chopped
- 1 tsp ground coriander
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp ground turmeric
- ½ tsp cayenne pepper
- 400g butternut squashpeeled and cut into 2cm (prepared weight)
- 400g can chopped tomato
- 1.2l chicken stock
- 1 heaped tbsp mango chutney
- 300g red lentil
- small pack corianderroughly chopped
- naan breadto serve
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal495low
- fat12glow
- saturates2g
- carbs58g
- sugars14glow
- fibre9ghigh
- protein42ghigh
- salt0.6glow
Method
step 1
Put the oil and the onion in a saucepan, and cook for 5 mins. Stir in the garlic and cook for a further 1 min, then stir in the spices and butternut squash. Combine everything together.
step 2
Tip in the chopped tomatoes, stock and chutney, and season well. Bring to the boil, then gently simmer for about 10 mins. Add the lentils and simmer for another 20 mins until the lentils and squash are tender. Stir in the coriander and serve with warmed naan bread.
