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Misir Wat (also Misir Wot) is one such example of a dish that truly excels in the vegetarian realm. A dish featuring red lentils, an abundantly available crop, Misir Wat is a staple dish throughout Ethiopia and one of the most popular vegetarian dishes in Ethiopian restaurants. Misir Wot is an Ethiopian stew dish with red lentils & aromatic berbere spice.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook berbere spiced lentil stew (misir wat) 🌱🌍🌶🌳 using 10 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Berbere spiced lentil stew (Misir Wat) 🌱🌍🌶🌳:
- Take 2 cups red lentils
- Take 1 thumb of ginger
- Take 1 onion
- Get 2 tablespoons berbere spice
- Prepare 3 cloves garlic
- Prepare 3 fresh tomatoes (or a tin of plum tomatoes
- Take 2 handfuls Spinach
- Get A few mint leaves
- Get 1 squeeze lemon
- Get to taste Salt and pepper
This spicy Ethiopian dish is redolent of rich North African spices. Get the recipe and fresh spices needed at The Spice House. Add Berbere blend and paprika to create a paste. The small lentils (variously called red lentils, pink lentils, Egyptian lentils, and, in South Asia, masoor dal) used for this dish turn yellow when cooked.
Instructions to make Berbere spiced lentil stew (Misir Wat) 🌱🌍🌶🌳:
- Wash the lentils well and cook in plenty of water. Bring to the boil, skim the froth from the top (your lentils will be bitter if you don’t do this) and simmer for 10 minutes or until the lentils are soft.
- Chop the onions and grate the garlic and ginger. In a separate pan heat a little oil and cook until soft and a little sticky. Add the berebere spice and cook for a few minutes being careful that the spices don’t burn. You can add a little more oil or a splash of water if needed.
- Skin the tomatoes or add the tinned tomatoes and the spinach. Add the lentils and cook on a slow heat for another 15 minutes. I like to serve with rice, a few fresh mint leaves and a squeeze of lemon. You can also add any left over veg to this stew - potatoes and any greens work well.
- I served with rice but it goes well with a fermented flatbread.
The recipe for this version comes from an Ethiopean cook, Alemtshaye Yigezu, who cooked this dish for us while visiting her home. Homemade Berbere Spice Seasoning Blend- Ethiopian Berbere Spice made with cardamom Making a batch of berbere spice is quite easy to put together. There are two ways of doing it Wats (stews) are made from a mixture of vegetables, lentils, chickpea flour and berbere, a spice blend. A flavorful, spicy black lentil stew that uses a homemade berbere spice blend paired with black lentils, tomatoes, vegetable broth, and yogurt. Traditionally this spice is used in dishes like Doro Wot (a long cooking spiced chicken stew) but I've found it works beautifully with lentils.
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