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Serving Size : 6 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Main Dish Vegetarian
Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1 Orange, well scrubbed
12 Cloves
2 tb Olive oil
2 Onions, finely chopped
2 cl Garlic, finely chopped
2 lg Leeks, white part only,
-chopped*
1 Stalk celery, finely
-chopped
1 lg Red bell pepper, seeded
-and diced
3 lg Carrots, chopped into
-1/2" pieces (a food
-processor works)
1 c Mushrooms, quartered
3 c Vegetable stock or water
1 1/2 c Brown lentils
2 c Plum tomatoes, chopped
2 ts Ground coriander
1/2 To 3/4 ts ground cardamom
2 Sticks of cinnamon, broken
-in half
Salt and pepper to taste
Cut orange in half and squeeze juice. Reserve juice.
Stick 6 cloves into each half of the orange. Set aside.
Heat olive oil in the pressure cooker. Add garlic,
onions, leeks. Saute until leeks are wilted. Add
celery, red pepper, carrots and mushrooms. Saute for
another couple of minutes over medium high heat.
Add stock, tomatoes, coriander, cardamom, cinnamon,
lentils, reserved orange juice and orange halves. Make
sure orange halves are buried in the stew.
Lock lid in place, bring up to pressure. Cook for 11
minutes. Release pressure. Season with salt and
pepper. Serve over couscous.
*Note: make sure to wash the leeks well. Mud tends to
get caught inside them and there is nothing worse than
girt in your stew.
