Recipe name
Time
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A Whole New World
About the Recipe
Craving for a healthy yet filling recipe? Let’s make this lentil dahl.
Ingredients
Lentils (canned)
Black beans (canned)
Onions
Ginger
Garlic
Plant-based butter
Tomato paste
Chilli powder
Soy cream
Salt
Fresh coriander
Lime
Spinach
150 g
50 g
2
25 g
2 cloves
2 tbsp
400 ml
1 dash
2 tbsp
1 dash
10 g
1
200 g
About the Recipe
Step 1: rinse the lentils and black beans under cold water and cook until al dente. Drain them and keep the cooking liquid aside.
Step 2: finely chop the onion, garlic and ginger. Heat butter in a pan and fry until golden brown.
Step 3: lower the heat and add the tomato paste and chili powder.
Step 4: after a few minutes add the lentils, black beans, 80 ml of soy cream, 100 ml of cooking liquid and season with garam masala and salt.
Step 5: let this simmer (covered) over low heat for 90 minutes.
Step 6: just before serving, add the spinach and stir well.
Step 7: serve with cilantro, a slice of lime and a few drops of soy cream.
You can serve this dish with a slice of bread. Enjoy!
About the score
We look at a full life cycle assessment of all products that are used to make a recipe. In a lifecycle assessment we look at 15 factors that determine the environmental impact of the used ingredients. For the four factors that are currently very impactful, being
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Carbon footprint
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Nitrogen emissions
we compare the impact of this meal to an average Belgian meal. An average Belgian meal produces, for example, 2.1 kg of CO₂. If the recipes produces less CO₂ the bar will be green, if the number is more or less the same it will be yellow and if the recipe produces more CO₂ the bar will be red.
