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Lentils in coconut milk with beetroot and herbs

Cook dry-weighed lentils separately, then combine with coconut milk and roast beetroot. Chives, parsley, basil and desiccated coconut join at the end.

1 serving

Lentils in coconut milk with beetroot and herbs — AI-generated illustration for MyTrela. Serving suggestion.
AI-generated illustration for MyTrela. Serving suggestion.

Ingredients

Ingredients for 1 serving. Weigh the lentils dry and cook them separately; drain off the cooking water. Weigh the beetroot after roasting and peeling. Use all 200 g of coconut milk in the dish, without extra water.

  • Lentils100 g100 g dry product before cooking separately and draining.
  • Coconut milk 19%200 gAll 200 g coconut milk for the sauce; without extra water in the new version.
  • Salt1 g
  • Black pepper2 g
  • Beetroot210 g210 g after roasting and peeling; weight of the edible portion in the new original version.
  • Chives10 g
  • Parsley leaves12 g
  • Fresh basil10 g
  • Desiccated coconut6 g

Preparation

  1. Preheat the oven to 180 °C. Wash beetroot and roast whole until tender. Cool slightly, peel and weigh 210 g edible portion of roast beetroot, then dice.
  2. Weigh 100 g dry lentils and rinse. Cook separately until tender according to the package instructions, then drain the cooking water.
  3. Transfer lentils to a pot. Add 200 g coconut milk and the full weighed portions of salt and pepper. Stir and bring to the boil; do not add water to the milk in this version.
  4. Add prepared beetroot and heat everything. Remove from heat, add the full washed and chopped portions of chives, parsley and basil and the desiccated coconut. Mix and serve.

Preparation and cooking time for this original version has not been measured.

Nutritional values

We do not provide calories or macronutrients: nutritional values for this original version have not been confirmed.

About this recipe

Developed by MyTrela with AI assistance. This is a new original MyTrela version with explicitly defined weighing and preparation stages for the ingredients, rather than a reconstruction of the historical weight or liquid basis. This version has not been tested in a kitchen trial. The illustration shows a serving suggestion.