It’s no secret that I love a good meal. But sometimes, I frankly don’t have the time to plan, prep and cook. I recently signed up to an offer for a Gousto box and have been loving the recipes. All ingredients come portioned and the recipes are super easy to make (and so yummy too!).
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Today’s recipe is adapted from Gousto’s Fragrant Vegetable Sambar with Coconut Yoghurt recipe. For someone who is a recipe creator I must say I am extremely bad at following instructions and I just had to add a bunch of my own ingredients.
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The few ingredients I threw in were:
- Dried chillis – I love spicy food, and I found it needed that extra kick. If you can’t handle spice, do NOT add the dried chillis!
- Sugar – sugar in a curry? I know what you’re thinking. But trust me, this is my (not so secret) ingredient to a good curry and helps to neutralise the acidity of the tomatoes.
- Mustard seeds – simply because no curry is complete without them.
- Smoked paprika – adds a subtle sweet, smoky flavour.
- And lastly, lime juice. I find it enhances the curry’s inherent flavours.
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Veggie Sambar Curry
Ingredients
- 10 g fresh coriander, chopped
- 1/2 tsp ground turmeric
- 30 g tamarind paste
- 1 stock cube
- 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
- 1 tsp driend chillis
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 tsp mustard seeds
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- 120 g fine green beans, trimmed and chopped roughly
- 1 tbsp garam masala
- 1 can green lentils, drained
- 2 medium tomatoes, chopped
- 1 medium onion, peeled and chopped
- 1 clove garlic, pressed
- 1 tsp ginger powder
- 2 tsp fenugreek
- 1/2 lime, juiced
- 3 tbsp olive oil
To serve
- 2 tbsp coconut yoghurt
Instructions
- In a large pan, heat the olive oil. Once hot, add the onions and cook for around 4 minutes ot until soft.
- Meanwhile, dissolve one stock cube in 600 ml of boiling water.
- Once the onion is soft, add the garam masala, ground fenugreek, turmeric, cayenne pepper, chillis and smoked paprika. Stir, then add the garlic, mustard seeds and ginger and cook for 2 minutes until fragrant. If the pan is looking a little dry, you may need to add a little more oil.
- Add the drained lentils to the pan, together with the stock and tamarind paste. Give it a good stir and bring to a boil.
- Add the chopped green beans, tomatoes and sugar and cook for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add the lime juice and fresh coriander and cook for further 5-10 minutes.
- Serve with basmati rice or naan and a dollop of coconut cream.