Get your Lentil Stew on in 20 minutes or less.
Pressure cookers are excellent; in fact, I have 3: an Instant Pot, a Kuhn Rikon 6qt, and Kuhn Rikon 3.7qt. They’re efficient, easy to use and their recipes usually only involve one pot. Throw in some automation-like the Instant Pot, a tasty recipe (hellooooo Instant Pot Curried Lentil Stew), and you can have dinner on the table in no time at all.
One afternoon, between running errands and having to dash out the door to get the boys from school, I found myself, well, HANGRY. I knew it was only downhill from there and the fridge was empty for the most part. Dun, Dun, Dun, Duuuuuuh! What’s a Mom to do?
Luckily, we almost always have lentils on
My absolute favorite part of this stew is the unexpected addition of honey and vinegar. I don’t know what magical spell these two ingredients put on food, but oh my lentils! Talk about adding some flavor profile.
I added some kale at the end and let it get all nice and wilted. Feel free to add any green veggie, spinach works well too. The green pop with the carrots and lentils really make this stew appealing. My kids won’t step foot near the kale-so I just leave it out for them.
Garnish with some sour cream or plain Greek yogurt, chopped cashews and cilantro. There’s also a healthy addition of Serrano because I love a good kick in my food. If you like your stew a little more mellow, leave it out.
Now go get yourself some Instant Pot Curried Lentil Stew!
enjoy!
xx
the turnips + tantrums team
Instant Pot Curried Lentil Stew
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp coconut oil or olive oil
- 1 carrot chopped
- 1 stalk celery chopped
- 1/2 onion chopped
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 2 tbsp ginger minced
- 1 tbsp curry powder
- 2 tbsp honey
- 3 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 1 cup lentils
- 1 tbsp kosher salt
- 1 serrano chile sliced
- 1 kale leaf chopped, stem removed
Garnish
- cashews chopped
- cilantro
- plain greek yogurt or sour cream
Instructions
- In your pressure cooker, heat oil on medium. Once shimmering, add carrots, onion and celery. Cook until translucent about 4 minutes
- Add ginger, garlic and serrano. Cook until fragrant, about 1 minute.
- Add curry powder. Once mixed, add honey.
- Add vinegar and let cook down, should only take 30 seconds to a minute, that pot is hot.
- Throw in lentils, 4 cups of water and 1 tbsp kosher salt. Place lid on, cook on high pressure for 6 minutes, then quick release.
- Add kale, stir until nice and wilted, about 2 minutes.
- Garnish with yogurt, cashews, cilantro and Serrano.
Nutrition
Recipe Source: turnips + tantrums original recipe
Looking for another Lentil dish? Check out our Lentil Soup, another Instant Pot wonder.
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