warm lentil salad

(1 rating)
Recipe by
Mike Chetty
Auckland

The combination of turkey,feta cheese and lentils with a tomato and garlic dressing makes for a delicious warm salad that's great with flat-bread's as a light lunch.

(1 rating)
yield 4 -5
prep time 10 Min
cook time 10 Min
method No-Cook or Other

Ingredients For warm lentil salad

  • splash of extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 md
    red onion,finely chopped
  • 200 g
    turkey rashers,roughly chopped
  • 200 g
    punnet cherry tomatoes,halved
  • 2 clove
    fat garlic,finely sliced
  • 5
    ml cumin seeds,ground
  • 10
    ml balsamic viniger
  • 20
    ml olive oil
  • 1 can
    lentils in tomato puree and brine, partially drained
  • 400 g
    black pepper,feta cheese cubed

How To Make warm lentil salad

  • 1
    heat oil in heavy bottomed pan and gently saute onion and turkey rashers until cooked.
  • 2
    pour on dressing ingredients and halved tomatoes and cook briefly,shaking the pan to keep the ingredients loose.
  • 3
    toss in the lentils and feta cheese and re-heat and serve immediately.
  • 4
    there's no need to add salt and pepper as these are taken care off from the contents of the lentils,turkey and feta cheese.
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