Red Lentil Chayote Rice/ Dinner Recipes / Lentil Recipes / Chayote Recipes / Vegetarian Recipes 1089

red lentils

🥗Healthier: green lentils

💰Cheaper: split peas

Green lentils are often less expensive and maintain a similar texture.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Avocado oil has a higher smoke point and is healthier.

vegetable broth

🥗Healthier: homemade broth

💰Cheaper: water with seasoning

Homemade broth is fresher and can be made at lower cost.

chayote

🥗Healthier: zucchini

💰Cheaper: cucumber

Zucchini is more widely available and can mimic the texture.

Grind 3 green chillies, 25 g of garlic, 25 g of ginger, 1 spoon of fennel seeds, and 15 shallots together in a grinder.

Heat a pan and pour in 10 ml of oil.

Add pieces of one onion and sauté well.

Add pieces of one tomato and sauté well.

Add the ground chili-ginger-garlic mixture and sauté and mix well.

Add 100 g of chayote pieces and mix.

Add the washed and soaked red lentil and mix well.

Add salt to taste and mix and sauté well.

Pour in 300 ml of water and mix well.

Let the mixture cook for 15 minutes in the pressure cooker.

Add a cup of washed rice and cook for 10 minutes more in the pressure cooker.

Take off the flame and serve.

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