Comments on: Curried lentils, Kesler-style

By: katy

katy — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:37:11 +0000

Katie — glad to have found each other, and hope you enjoy the lentils!

By: Katie @ Nap Time in Naptown

Katie @ Nap Time in Naptown — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:31:23 +0000

I just spent entirely too much time reading your blog that I discovered through Twitter. I’m excited that I have all the ingredients for this recipe in my cupboards right now! I just added your blog to my “Indy Links” list.

By: Rebecca Martin

Rebecca Martin — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 18:26:18 +0000

P.S. We’re just now finishing this up on our snowy morning – topped with coconut, golden raisins, and parsley. It is *perfection*. Thank you so much for adding it to our family’s favorite recipes collection!

(Also, re: the Mennonite cookbook comments – my husband comes from those fine folk, and . . . our Pennsylvania holiday-visit eating is almost always consistent with what y’all’ve described (homely/bland – and processed). Sigh. But they *do* have some good staple recipes. And they’ve given us Simply in Season, so I won’t complain too much, I guess.)

By: Rebecca Martin

Rebecca Martin — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:33:39 +0000

Katy, I made this last night for dinner. BIG hit for both of us, and the added bonus of the kitchen smelling delicious all evening. Thanks for sharing!

By: katy

katy — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 23:31:16 +0000

SK, I imagine it would be great with homemade stock — esp. since the original Mennonite recipe called for a beef bullion cube to cook the lentils (which basically stock-ifies the water).

Only thing I’d do is reduce your salt a little if your stock is already salted. Then salt to taste at the end.

By: SK

SK — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 23:26:20 +0000

Have you ever substituted chicken stock for the water in this recipe? Curious if it would make it too salty or detract from the lentil flavors. I have some homemade stock I don’t want to waste.

By: katy

katy — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 03:21:58 +0000

Oh, and Monica: I have a vast collection of posts that have never been appropriately tagged (from when I moved my blog and lost all of that info) — so you might not come up with much. That’s my goal for the coming month, to finish all that tedious attention to detail.

By: katy

katy — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 03:17:04 +0000

Monica, I like your top four. A list that every meal should aspire to, but one rarely does.

CK — wow, I had no idea that was the source. I have that book, and use it — although you’re right, it’s very inconsistent. I find I like the spirit of the book more than the actual recipes, which tend toward too homely or bland. And, a quick scan of said cookbook shows that your brilliant partner indeed came up with the yogurt. That Scott… a regular Jacques Pepin…

By: CK

CK — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 02:10:11 +0000

I mean, the book’s recipes aren’t consistently great.

By: CK

CK — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 02:08:31 +0000

I think we just added the yogurt and maybe the lemon? (Credit goes to Scott for that.) It's actually a recipe from the Mennonite cookbook, More With Less. It's the only recipe we ever use from that book, just because it's not consistently great, but man we love us some curried lentils.