RED LENTILS AND LOCAL SAUSAGES

Ingredients:200g of lentils
(make sure to wash the lentils several times until thoroughly cleaned)Ginger - 1 teaspoonGarlic - 1 teaspoonSliced Small onionsOil - 1 tablespoonSalt & pepper (to taste)6 salted local sausagesChopped thyme and parsley
Method:Step 1: Put the lentils in a pot and add twice as much water. On a medium heat, bring to a boil, then quickly lower heat to very low whilst continuously adding water and stirring to ensure nothing is sticking or burning. Cook until almost soft. By now you will notice that the lentils have turned yellow.
Step 2: In a separate pot, boil the salted sausages for about 10 minutes. Once cooked, pour the water out and cut the sausages into approximately 1cm pieces.
Step 3: In a separate small pot, add oil and when slightly hot, add the onion, thyme, parsley, ginger and garlic. Stir until golden brown.
Add a little water and pour into the lentils. Add the sausages and let it cooked for another 5 minutes. This will allow the sausages to release its flavour.
Season with salt and black pepper and you are good to go!
Tips Lowering the heat to very low will help stopping the lentils from spitting and making a mess on your cooker! Be careful, hot lentils may give a nasty burn as well!

There are many ways of cooking or adding flavour to lentils. This is one of the simplest lentil recipes. If feeling more adventurous, you may also add curry leaves, cumin seeds, mustard seeds, dried chillies or chopped fresh tomatoes alongside the other ingredients at Step 2. If using mustard or cumin seeds, allow them to 'pop' in the hot oil first to bring out the flavour before adding the rest of the ingredients including chopped fresh tomatoes. This will bring your palettes to another level!