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Spiced Coconut Lentils with Pumpkin and Toasted Garlic Rice

This stir-fried dish pairs cooked white rice with brown lentils, dry, pumpkin, peeled and cubed and coconut milk. Adjust the calorie target to automatically scale the ingredients while keeping the proportions of the meal balanced.

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Estimated macros per portion

20 g Protein
84 g Carbohydrates
28 g Fat
8 g Fiber

Ingredients

650 kcal · 1 portion

Ingredient quantities automatically adjust to your calorie target.

  • 125g cooked white rice 163 kcal
  • 46g brown lentils, dry 162 kcal
  • 118g pumpkin, peeled and cubed 31 kcal
  • 92g coconut milk 181 kcal
  • 52g onion, chopped 21 kcal
  • 9g garlic, minced 13 kcal
  • 8g vegetable oil 71 kcal
  • 9g soy sauce 6 kcal
  • 1g bay leaf 2 kcal
  • 328g water 0 kcal
  • 1g salt 0 kcal
  • 1g ground black pepper 2 kcal

Cooking instructions

  1. brown lentilsbay leafwater
    Rinse lentils. In a small pot, simmer lentils with water and bay leaf until tender, 16-18 minutes; drain excess liquid if needed.
  2. brown lentilsoniongarlicvegetable oil
    While lentils cook, heat oil in a pan. Saute half the garlic and onion until softened, 2-3 minutes.
  3. pumpkincoconut milk
    Add pumpkin and cook 2 minutes, then pour in coconut milk and simmer 8-10 minutes until pumpkin is tender.
  4. brown lentilssoy saucebay leafground black pepper
    Stir in cooked lentils, soy sauce, and black pepper; simmer 2-3 minutes to meld flavors. Remove bay leaf.
  5. cooked white ricegarlicvegetable oilsalt
    Make garlic rice: in a separate pan, saute remaining garlic in a little oil until pale golden, add cooked rice and salt, stir-fry 2 minutes.
  6. cooked white ricebrown lentilscoconut milkgarlic
    Serve coconut lentils over or beside garlic rice.

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