Hot lentil curry & wholemeal paratha

Hot lentil curry & wholemeal paratha

What's a paratha you say?

 IT IS A DELICIOUS INDIAN FLATBREAD YES IT IS.

Indian deliciousness.

Ingredients

1/3 tube of tomato puree

1 cup red lentils

1 tblsp of cumin

teasp/tblesp of garam masala paste (depending on how spicy you fancy it)

Hot curry powder

1 small bunch of fresh coriander

lemon juice

1 cup of wholewheat flour

1/2 cup of water

Vegetable oil

salt

1. Put lentils on to boil as instructed on packet

2. Mix wholewheat flour, water & a pinch of salt together in a bowl. 

3. Knead the mixture on a lightly oiled surface, then put aside to rest in a covered bowl for a minimum of 15 mins

4. Add tomato puree to lentils approx 15 mins into cooking time.

5. Stir into lentils: garam masala paste, cumin, 1/2 teasp of salt & a squeeze of lemon juice & continue to simmer until cooked. 

6. Add salt & curry powder to taste to lentils

7. Chop coriander & mix into lentils

8. Roll dough for paratha as thinly as possible onto a lightly floured surface.  You should be able to make 1 or 2 flat circles of dough.

9. Heat the large frying pan and add a tblespoon of vegetable oil till very hot. 

10. Lay a paratha into the frying pan and fry for a few mins till it has golden brown spots & areas of puffiness. Flip it over and do the same on the other side.

11. Dish up your lentils!! 

Fold your paratha in half when it gets out of the frying pan and SERVE!!!

NOW SCOOP UP THOSE LENTILS WITH YOUR DELICIOUS FLATBREADY CIRCLE OF WONDER.