Vegan Stir-fried Veggies & Whole Red Lentils with Ketchup Sauce
by Vegin Vegan Vegun!
Here's a simple recipe for lentils: stir-fried lentils with ketchup. Just stir-fry colorful summer veggies and whole red lentils with onion, koji, and ketchup! It's a breeze to make! Serve with rice.
Preparation: First, cut the vegetables into cubes that are roughly the same size as the corn kernel.
60 g green pepper, 40 g green beans, 50 g corns, 30 g carrot, 30 g onion
Stir-fry: Heat some oil in a pot, then add the chopped vegetables and a pinch of salt, stirring quickly. Afterwards, immediately cover the pot and cook over low heat for about 4 minutes. *To avoid burning, occasionally open the lid and stir.
1 teaspoon oil, salt
Seasoning: After stir-frying, add the ketchup and onion koji and mix briefly.
2 teaspoon onion koji, 2 tablespoon ketchup
Add beans: Finally, stir in the boiled lentils. Cook until the desired consistency (thickness) is achieved, then remove from heat. Serve on a plate with rice.
250 g whole red lentils
Notes
How to Boil Lentils: It should weigh about 750 grams when it's done.
Wash 200 grams of lentils well. Then, put them in a pressure cooker with 800 milliliters of water.
After about 5-8 minutes of pressure cooking, remove it from the heat. * If you cook the beans for too long, they will lose their shape and turn into a mushy texture. If you've never cooked lentils in a pressure cooker before, start with 5 minutes of pressure cooking and see how it goes.
When the pressure has decreased, open the lid and check with your finger how hard the beans are. If they are still crunchy, leave the lid open and cook them until they are soft enough for your taste.
Use about half of the cooked beans for this recipe. You can use the rest of the lentils to make dishes like Vegan Bolognese.