Dal: Sweet Potatoes and Lentils

This is a great fall dish with sweet potatoes, apples, and warm Indian spices. You can eat it with rice or pita bread or just by itself.

(Also, I forgot to take pictures for you, but you’ll just have to trust me that it’s lovely)

Ingredients:

2 Sweet Potatoes, 2 Apples, 1 Onion, 3-4 Carrots, 2 Garlic cloves,

Red Lentils (1 c)

Seasonings: small splash of maple syrup, garam masala (cumin, coriander, cinnamon, cardamon, and cloves) ginger, and black pepper.  You could do a tandoori spice blend instead of the garam masala.

Directions: Chop up onions, garlic, and carrots. Saute in olive oil.  Meanwhile, chop up sweet potatoes and apples in big chunks.  Add the potatoes and cook for 5 minutes. Then, add the lentils and about 3 cups of water, and the spices (a good shake of everything) and cover.  Stir occasionally, the lentils should take 20-25 minutes to soak up all of the water. After about 15 minutes, add the apples and a small splash of maple syrup. Once the lentils are soft, add a little more of the spices, to taste. Serve with a little spoonful of plain yogurt on top. Or serve on rice.  Or just enjoy.