Lentils With Vegetables

Practicooking. The flavor of being together

Preparation: 60 – 90 min
Servings: 4
Difficulty: Medium
Age: Age 10+

Daniel del Toro teaches us his tricks for making tasty lentils with vegetables. Prepare a delicious sofrito base, add vegetables and season. Just follow these steps, with lots of care and slow cooking, and the result is sure to be spectacular.

Ingredients and preparation

  • 300 g of lentils
  • 1 red onion
  • 1 green pepper
  • 1 tomato
  • 1 leek
  • 1 carrot
  • ½ zucchini
  • ½ eggplant
  • Paprika
  • Pepper
  • Cumin
  • Extra virgin olive oil
  • Salt
  • Parsley
  • Bay leaf
  1. Sauté the garlic, onion, leek, pepper and bay leaf to make the sofrito base.
  2. Once cooked through, add the spices, the chopped tomato and the carrot.
  3. Sauté with the sofrito.
  4. Then add the lentils and cover with water.
  5. Cut the zucchini and eggplant into one-centimeter cubes and add to the mixture.
  6. Keep stirring and cook until the lentils are tender, between 60 and 90 minutes.

Finishing and presentation

  1. Serve in a bowl and sprinkle a little chopped parsley on top.