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Vegetable Dhansak

Dhansak is a traditional Parsi curry of lentils, vegetables and meat. This vegetarian version removes the meat, but is still bursting with flavour.

The perfect recipe for all those doing veganuary and is just a delicious alternative to a meat curry in general. If you can’t do without though, see our meat versions of this curry here.

Serves

4-6

The star of the show

Gluten free
Shemin's Medium Indian Curry Paste
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Shemin's Medium Indian Curry Paste

Shemin’s Medium Curry Paste is our multi award-winning paste, made to our family recipe. It brings together warming spices with a gentle, balanced heat. As it cooks, it builds a rich, comforting flavour that works beautifully with everything from chicken to vegetables.
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Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp cooking oil or ghee
  • 1 medium onion, peeled and finely chopped
  • 100g Shemin’s Indian, Goan or Massaman Curry Paste
  • 550g sweet potatoes, peeled and cut in to 3cm chunks
  • 2 medium carrots, peeled and cut in to 5mm slices
  • 1 green chilli, finely chopped (optional)
  • 200g dry split red lentils, well rinsed and drained (see tips below)
  • 700ml vegetable stock (made with one vegetable stock cube)
  • 250g chopped tomatoes
  • ½ tsp fine sea salt, plus extra to season
  • 1 small cauliflower, broken into florets
  • 180g fine green beans, trimmed and halved
  • ground black pepper
  • juice of half a lemon
  • 1½ tsp Shemin’s Garam Masala
  • natural yogurt, to serve
  • freshly cooked basmati rice, to serve

How to make Vegetable Dhansak

  1. Heat the oil or ghee in a large non-stick saucepan and place over a medium-high heat. Fry the onion for about 2 minutes or until pale golden brown, stirring continously. Add Shemins Curry Paste and 100ml of water and cook for ½ mimute. Add the sweet potatoes, carrots and green chilli, then cook together for 30 seconds, stirring continously.
  2. Tip the lentils into the pan, add the chopped tomatoes and pour over the stock. Stir well and bring to the boil. Skim off any foam that rises to the surface with a spoon and discard. Add the salt, stir well and reduce the heat to low.
  3. Simmer gently for 10 minutes. Add the cauliflower and cook for 10 minutes more or until the lentils are just tender and breaking apart. Add in the beans and cook for a further 8-10 minutes.
  4. Finally, add Shemin’s Garam Masala, lemon juice and season to taste with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
  5. Serve with fat free yogurt and freshly cooked basmati rice and Indian breads.

Tips

Tips:
1. You can an use any vegetables in this recipe.
2. Before cooking the lentils, bring them to the boil in a separate pan then rinse. This will clean them and stop so much foam rising to the top.
3. As we often say, a pro tip is to use our Seafood Curry Paste with vegetable and lentil curries. It has no seafood in it, and works perfect with these sorts of curries.

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Great product and my cooking would not be same if I didn't have It. Thank you

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Always good 😊

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Super flavours - we are addicted! Particularly love the curry pastes and sauces. Mango chutney is so delicious.

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I have been using these curry pastes for a long time. They are so good, I'm never without them in my fridge or freezer

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I have been using Shemins Pastes for years. Effortless cooking with delicious results . Thank you x

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Live your food. Thank you for making home curries beautiful.

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I was disappointed that you do not sell Lime Pickle !

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Great as usual

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Great recipe

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My husband enjoys all the pickles but we have to buy Lime pickle elsewhere. Is this something that might be offered in the future.

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