I love recipes with vegetables but it wasn’t always like that, as a child they were dishes that resisted me and now I really enjoy them, I especially like those that are warm and in winter they seem to me most comforting. They are also easier to cook than you might think and they need simple cooking and few other ingredients to be delicious.
These lentils with vegetables in Thermomix are a delicious stew and to which we have to put very little effort so that it is ready. The key is to prepare a good stir-fry with garlic and onion and use the vegetables that we like the most in this case I have incorporated carrots, zucchini and a little potato that also helps the resulting broth to have a certain creaminess.
If you like this recipe you will love preparing these Lentils with chorizo and vegetables in Thermomix, they are exquisite. Also with legumes I prepare this delicious hummus with Thermomix which is very creamy and appetizing, and if we return to the lentils and even if it is not with Thermomix you can be encouraged to prepare this delicious lentil salad with salmon, avocado and feta cheese or you are lentil vegetable burgers, very tasty, creamy and easy.
You will also find in our section of recipes with legumes dishes as traditional as the delicious Fabes with Clams the famous asturian bean stewthe red beans from Tolosa with their sacraments the black beans with white rice and patacones or baked plantain chips and could not miss the exquisite cassoulet, a spectacular traditional French stew. When it comes to chickpeas, they are the protagonists of the exotic baked falafel with yogurt sauce of these chickpeas with spinach and this very good Chickpea and tuna salad with mustard and pepper vinaigrette.
Ingredients for the recipe for lentils with vegetables in Thermomix, a delicious stew (4 people):
- 300 gr of brown lentils.
- 2 peeled garlic cloves.
- 1 onion, peeled and quartered.
- 1 zucchini washed, cut into slices and then into quarters.
- 2 carrots peeled and in pieces.
- 1 potato peeled and cut into chunks.
- 2 bay leaves.
- 1 dessert spoon of sweet paprika.
- 900 grams of water.
- 20 grams of olive oil.
- 1 dessert spoon of salt.
Preparation, how to make lentils with vegetables in Thermomix, a delicious stew:
- Soak the lentils in a bowl with Water (they must be completely covered because they will grow) for a minimum of 2 hours (you can also soak them overnight).
- Put in the glass garlic and the onion and chop them for 6 seconds at speed 4.
- Chop the garlic and onion
- Lower the remains of the walls with the spatula and cook for 5 minutes at 120ºC and speed 1.
- We already have the fried garlic and onion ready
- Incorporates the carrot the zucchini and the potato and continue cooking everything together for another 5 minutes at 120ºC and speed 1 but this time with reverse rotation.
- Add the vegetables and cook them a bit.
- Drain the lentils and add them to the glass of the Thermomix together with the leaves of laurel the Salt and the sweet paprika.
- Add the lentils along with the aromatics
- It also incorporates the Water and cook the lentils for 30 minutes at 100ºC with reverse rotation and spoon speed.
- Add the water and start cooking the lentils.
- We already have the lentils with vegetables ready in Thermomix
- When they are ready, test them in case you need to rectify them. Salt.
- This is how appetizing these lentils with vegetables are
Time: 1 hour, plus soaking the lentils the night before
Difficulty: easy
Serve and taste:
take them very warm, either freshly made or rested, since resting for a few hours or even overnight feels great as the broth is a little thicker and the flavors more powerful. If you have leftovers, don’t worry, they hold up great in the fridge 2-3 days and you can also freeze them and so you will have a very comforting spoonful at hand for when you don’t have time to cook.
You may accompany them with bread and it is also very typical to throw them a splash of white wine vinegar, it gives them a fantastic touch (I love it). In addition, there are those who have the habit of accompanying this type of dish with spicy pickled peppers especially in the north of Spain, and it is a combination that seems to me authentic… scandal!
Variants of the recipe for lentils with vegetables in Thermomix, a delicious stew:
These lentils are very tasty but if you miss the typical touch of chorizo or bacon No problem. You can cut them into strips or slices and add a new step, just after 3 and before 4, add these ingredients and fry for another 5 minutes at 120ºC and speed 1. And another trick if you want to add these flavors but you are worried that the recipe will not be so light, use a small piece of chorizo or bacon, grind it at first with 3 or 4 pulses of turbo and start with the recipe.
You can also use other vegetables like peppers, green beans, leeks… the ones you like the most.
Tips:
we each like them the lentils in a way in terms of broths. I like broths to remain but there are those who prefer them to be a little drier and with this recipe they stay in the middle. If you are going to eat them at the moment and you need them more liquid you just have to add a little more water and continue heating them for another 3 or 4 minutes. Instead if you want them thicker the simple rest of a few hours will serve you but if you want them thicker at the moment, take the lentils out of the Thermomix but reserving inside it, reserve 3 or 4 tablespoons of lentils, crush them until they are pureed and add the rest of the the lentils.
To make this dish yet more complete you can add a little rice for example about 40-50 gr, at the same time as the lentils.