Pumpkin and Lemongrass Coconut Dahl

Pumpkin and Lemongrass Coconut Dahl

Ready in 45 minutes Serves 4
This dish most recently appeared in Fresh Start (5 Nights For 4) on Sunday, August 6, 2017.

with cauliflower cashew ‘rice’


Ingredients

PUMPKIN AND LEMONGRASS COCONUT DAHL

  • 1 teaspoon oil, for cooking (or use spray oil)
  • 1 red onion, thinly sliced
  • 2 silverbeet leaves, leaves removed from white stalks, both thinly sliced
  • 50g lemongrass paste
  • 1 tablespoon yellow curry paste
  • 150g split red lentils
  • 400g peeled pumpkin, diced 1cm
  • 1 can lite coconut milk
  • 1 cup water
  • 1½-2 tablespoons soy sauce
  • 1 teaspoon runny honey
  • 1 lemon

CAULIFLOWER CASHEW ‘RICE’

  • ½ head cauliflower
  • 1 tablespoon soy sauce
  • 40g cashew and pumpkin seed mix

TO SERVE

  • 1 bunch broccolini
  • 1 teaspoon oil, for cooking (or use spray oil)
  • 2 tablespoons coriander leaves and stalks
  • ½ cup natural yoghurt

Steps

  1. oven to 220°C. Line an oven tray (with a lip) with baking paper.
  2. Heat oil in a medium pot on medium heat. Cook onion and silverbeet (stalks only) for 3-4 minutes, until softened.
  3. Stir through lemongrass and curry pastes and cook for 1 minute, stirring, until fragrant. If mixture starts to stick, add a splash of water.
  4. Add lentils, pumpkin, coconut milk, water, soy sauce and honey and bring to a simmer. Reduce heat to low and simmer for about 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir through silverbeet leaves and cook a further 5 minutes, until silverbeet is wilted and lentils are cooked. If dahl is looking dry, add ¼–½ cup water.
  5. While dhal is simmering, prepare the ‘rice’. Cut cauliflower into large pieces and grate. Finely dice any small bits that are hard to grate. Alternatively, pulse in a food processor for about 30 seconds. Toss on prepared tray with soy sauce.
  6. Trim ends of broccolini 1cm. Push cauliflower cashew ‘rice’ to one side, place broccolini on same tray, season with salt and drizzle with measure of oil. Bake, on upper oven rack, for about 10 minutes, until just cooked. Toss cauliflower once during cooking. Toss cashew and pumpkin seed mix through cauliflower rice and return tray to oven to cook for a further 2-3 minutes.
  7. Juice lemon and chop coriander. Once dahl is cooked, stir through lemon juice. Season to taste.
  8. spoon cauliflower cashew ‘rice’ onto plates and top with pumpkin and lemongrass coconut dahl. Dollop over yoghurt and garnish with coriander. Serve with broccolini on the side.

Nutritional Information

Energy 1717 kj
410 kcal
Protein 22.0g
Carbohydrate 36.3g
Fat 16.5g