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Saturday, August 29, 2015

Low Fat Curried Red Lentil & Sweet Potato Pizza (vegetarian

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

  • Servings: 4
  • 1/4 cup low-fat cheese
  • 1 (12 inch) thin pizza crust
  • 1 1/2 cups water
  • 3/4 cup red lentil
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 1 teaspoon ginger
  • 2 tablespoons stock
  • 1/2 red onion
  • 1/2 small eggplant
  • 1 lb sweet potato
  • 16 ounces tomatoes
  • 1 teaspoon parsley
  • 1/2 teaspoon chili flakes
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons curry powder
  • 1 tablespoon cumin
  • pepper

Recipe

  • 1 preheat oven 180 degrees c (350f).
  • 2 in saucepan, combine water and red lentils; boil then simmer about 20 minutes until soft.
  • 3 peel and dice eggplant and sweet potato in small pieces; finely dice red onion.
  • 4 heat stock in pan and saute onions and garlic for about 5 minutes; stir in eggplant and sweet potato.
  • 5 add canned tomatoes, parsley, chilli, curry powder, cumin and pepper; simmer until sweet potato is soft --- about 20 - 25 minutes.
  • 6 cover flat pan with al foil. spread lentils on base of pizza crust, top with sweet potato mixture and top with cheese.
  • 7 bake for 15 minutes or until edges of pizza base browned.
  • 8 note: curry powder amount can be adjusted to your tastes; i used hot and chilli can also be adjusted.
  • 9 make sure to taste your mixture so that you like it before putting on pizza base.
  • 10 note: i used garlic and ginger in glass jars for ease.
  • 11 note: can vary cheese to your liking ie mexican but remember re fat content/calories.

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