An everyday dish for 2, ready in 35 minutes, around $0.73 a serving. People actually plan it with Popotam, and it's in season in October.
Peel the onion and carrots. Cut the onion into small cubes. Peel the carrots and cut them into thin 3 mm rounds.
Set the skillet over medium heat with the oil. Add the diced onion and cook for 3 min, stirring, until translucent.
Add the carrot rounds to the skillet with the onion. Sprinkle with the curry powder and mix well to coat the vegetables. Cook for 2 min over medium heat.
Rinse the lentils in cold water in the colander. Add them to the skillet with the crushed tomatoes and 500 ml of water. Bring to a boil.
Lower the heat to keep a gentle simmer. Cook the lentils for 25 min, stirring now and then. Season lightly with salt at the end.
While the lentils cook, put the rice in a saucepan with 300 ml of cold water. Bring to a boil, then lower the heat and simmer covered for 35 min without touching it.
Drain the rice if there's any water left. Serve the lentil curry piping hot over the rice.
One serving has about 608 kcal. 64% comes from carbs, 17% from protein and 14% from fat.
| Energy | 608 kcal |
| Protein | 25.2 g |
| Carbs | 97.3 g |
| of which sugars | 11.3 g |
| Fat | 9.3 g |
| of which saturated fat | 1.3 g |
| Fiber | 18.6 g |
| Salt | 0.5 g |
Worked out ingredient by ingredient with the ANSES Ciqual 2025 table, never written by an AI. It's an estimate: veggie sizes and brands make the numbers vary.
About $0.73 a serving, adding up the average prices of the ingredients you need to buy.
Pantry salt, oil and spices aren't counted. Your store and your brands will move the total, but the ballpark is right.
2 days in the fridge, in a closed container, once cooled within two hours. And it freezes really well.
Times Popotam uses for meal prep, based on ANSES guidance, rounded down. The details: how long cooked dishes keep.
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