Masala Lentil Salad with Cumin Roasted Carrots
- Time
- 55 min
- Makes
- 4
- Ingredients
- 18
- Rating
- 5.0 out of 5, from 54 ratings on Cookie and Kate
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Ingredients
- 1 ½ pounds carrots, peeled and sliced into ½-inch rounds
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
- 1 ½ teaspoons ground cumin
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 cup dried beluga or French green lentils, or 2 cans (15 ounces each) lentils, drained and rinsed
- ½ medium red onion, finely chopped
- 2 cups firmly packed baby arugula, mizuna, or baby kale
- ⅓ cup chopped fresh mint leaves
- Toasted pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, or pine nuts
- 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 clove garlic, pressed or minced
- 1 teaspoon minced or finely grated ginger
- 1 teaspoon garam masala (scale back if you don’t completely love garam masala)
- 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
- ½ teaspoon salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
- Pomegranate molasses (optional; I didn’t use any)
Nutrition · per serving
1 of 4 servings per serving
- Calories
- 424 kcal
- Fat
- 18.8 g
- Fiber
- 11.1 g
- Sugar
- 12.9 g
- Sodium
- 419.1 mg
- Protein
- 14.3 g
- Trans fat
- 0 g
- Cholesterol
- 0 mg
- Carbohydrate
- 54 g
- Saturated fat
- 2.7 g
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