CURRIED QUINOA WITH RED LENTILS AND KALE

Curried Quinoa with Red Lentils and Kale image

This is gluten-free, vegan, and dairy-free, if your omit the butter. It is a slightly sweet, savory dish with a kick of spice. Vegetarian comfort food. It's very modestly spicy for spicy food lovers, but very spicy for people who aren't accustomed to chiles.

Provided by Heather

Categories Everyday Cooking Vegetarian

Time 50m

Yield 3

Number Of Ingredients 19

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Ingredients

2 cups water
1 cup vegetable broth
⅓ cup red lentils
¼ cup finely chopped onion
1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and minced
3 cloves garlic, minced, or more to taste
1 cup rainbow quinoa
1 ½ teaspoons ground cumin
1 teaspoon curry powder
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon chili powder
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon ground black pepper
½ teaspoon ground coriander
¼ teaspoon ground cardamom
¼ teaspoon ground cloves
3 cups chopped kale
½ cup frozen peas
1 tablespoon unsalted butter, or more to taste

Steps:

Bring water and broth to a boil in a stockpot; add lentils, onion, jalapeno pepper, and garlic. Cover stockpot, reduce heat to medium, and simmer for 10 minutes.
Mix quinoa, cumin, curry powder, salt, chili powder, cinnamon, black pepper, coriander, cardamom, and cloves into broth mixture; return to a boil. Cover stockpot, reduce heat to medium, and simmer until quinoa is tender, about 10 minutes more.
Stir kale, peas, and butter into quinoa mixture and return to a boil. Cover stockpot, reduce heat to medium, and cook until kale and peas are tender, about 10 minutes more.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 403.8 calories, Carbohydrate 65.6 g, Cholesterol 10.2 mg, Fat 8.8 g, Fiber 14.7 g, Protein 18.3 g, SaturatedFat 3 g, Sodium 615.7 mg, Sugar 3.6 g