Tuna with lentils
Ingredients
for 4 people
| 1 tbsp | olive oil |
| 2 | red onions, cut into wedges |
| 400 g | carrots, cut into pieces approx. 3 cm wide |
| 6 dl | water |
| 200 g | beluga lentils (beluga) |
| ½ tsp | salt |
| 50 g | ground almonds |
| ½ tbsp | dried oregano |
| ½ tbsp | smoked paprika |
| 1 tsp | cinnamon |
| ¼ tsp | nutmeg |
| ¼ tsp | salt |
| ¼ tsp | pepper |
| ½ bunch | parsley, roughly chopped |
| 1 tbsp | olive oil |
| 4 slice | yellowfin tuna (each approx. 180 g) |
| ¼ tsp | salt |
| 180 g | plain yoghurt |
| 4 sprig | flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped |
How it's done
Lentils and carrots
Heat the oil in a pan. Add the onions and carrots, sauté for approx. 2 mins. Pour in the water, bring to the boil. Add the lentils, reduce the heat, simmer (uncovered) for approx. 15 mins. until just soft, stirring occasionally, season with salt.
Spice mix
Toast the almonds in a non-stick frying pan for approx. 5 mins. over a medium heat along with all the other ingredients up to and including the pepper. Remove, add ¾ of the mixture as well as the parsley to the lentils, mix.
Tuna
Heat the oil in the same pan. Salt the fish, fry for approx. 30 secs. on each side. Remove, slice, serve with the lentils. Sprinkle the remainder of the spice mix on top of the fish, serve with the yoghurt. Garnish with parsley.
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