Madras Sambal & Garlic Naan

Ingredients

  • 200g Lentils (Red, Green, Yellow)
  • 1/2 tsp Turmeric
  • 2 Potatoes
  • Handful of Green Beans
  • 3tbsp Chickpeas
  • Madras Paste (Chilli, Ginger Garlic, Coriander/Cumin/Fenureek/Mustard Seeds, Tomato Puree)
  • 1 Onion

Naan:

  • 5g Instant Yeast
  • Milk
  • 1 Egg
  • 200g Plain Flour
  • 1tsp Baking Powder
  • 1tsp Salt
  • 50g Butter
  • 1 Garlic

Method

  1. For Naan, sieve Flour, Baking Powder and Salt into bowl and mix
  2. Add beaten Egg, Yeast and warmed Milk to bring the dough together (add plenty of Milk as the dough should be quite wet)
  3. Knead the dough until soft and smooth – then leave in a warm place to rise
  4. When doubled in size, roll out into a tear drop shape (1 cm thin)
  5. Grill (on as high as it will go) until brown, flip it over and brown the other side
  6. Fry chopped Garlic in Butter (1 min), then pour butter over grilled Naan
  7. For curry, cover Lentils in Water and boil with Turmeric until soft (30 mins)
  8. Cube and boil Potatoes until soft (20 mins)
  9. Boil Green Beans until soft (5 mins)
  10. Fry Onion and Madras Paste (5 mins)
  11. Add Potatoes and continue to fry (5 mins)
  12. Add Green Beans, Chickpeas and Lentils with the water they were cooked in and simmer (15 mins)
  13. Add a little water if the mixture turns too dry (note: this is quite a dry curry though)

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