I don't know what I made. I'm sure there's a name for it but it definitely wasn't lentil soup! The end result was a fantastically delicious thick lentil sauce that I used as a side with steamed chicken and brown rice. After reading people's comments about this recipe being flexible and 'using what you had on hand', I thought I was set to go. I used brown lentils which I think was the beginning of my culinary demise. I'm not a pro with lentils, maybe the brown ones are more bitter? My other mistakes were to substitute the tomato paste with 1 cup of crushed tomatoes, forgo the water and onion, replace the squash with a leftover cooked potato, and the fenugreek seeds with cardamon. Following everything else, this dish was atrociously bitter. I doctored it by increasing the coconut milk to a full can (1 cup), 1/2 cup of water, 1 tbs of brown sugar, 1 cup of frozen peas, and the kicker -which really brought the whole dish together- 1 tbs of garam masala (cinnamon, cumin, coriander, clove, bay leaf, and pepper). Besides the lentils taking forever to cook, this dish was amazing and definitely 5 stars! Next time I'll try making the soup.
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