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🍝 Lentils, rice and pasta in spicy tomato sauce

718 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 1 cup small brown lentils (may be found in Turkish grocery stores)
• 1 cup short-grain rice
• 150 g noodles (the best fit are about 1 cm long macaroni, available in Italian shops)
• 1 tbsp butter
• 200 g crushed tomatoes (can)
• 1 tsp tomato paste
• 5 garlic cloves
• 4 shallots
• salt
• pepper from the mill
• chili flakes

Instructions

1. 1. Cook the lentils according to the package instructions.
2. 2. Cook the rice according to the package instructions.
3. 3. Cook the pasta according to the package instructions.
4. 4. Put the tomatoes and tomato paste into a pot.
5. 5. Let the tomato mixture reduce slightly.
6. 6. Season the sauce with salt, pepper and chili.
7. 7. Peel the shallots.
8. 8. Cut the shallots into rings.
9. 9. Heat the butter in a frying pan.
10. 10. Fry the shallot rings and garlic in the hot butter.
11. 11. Fry the ingredients until they are lightly browned.
12. 12. Stir the fried shallots and garlic into the tomato sauce.
13. 13. Fill the cooked lentils, rice and pasta into a bowl.
14. 14. Pour the tomato sauce over the pasta-rice-lentil mixture.
15. 15. Sprinkle chili flakes over the dish.
16. 16. Serve the dish.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 718
• Protein: 28 g · Fett/Fat: 9 g · Carbs: 129 g