This is a pot of mushy lentils, recipe courtesy of Andrea's Recipes. I made half the recipe and I cooked the lentils together with the liquids (43 oz. total of chicken broth and water plus 8 oz. pureed tomatoes) and seasonings. I didn't puree any of the lentils. The amounts given for chili powder and cumin are way off. For half the recipe I used over 1/2 t. each of those two and had I followed the recipe I'd have used just 1/8 t. each. I started with that and couldn't taste it at all. I used fire roasted tomatoes and I pureed them first since I don't like chunks of tomato.
About the lentils. I'm not familiar with red ones, just the brownish-greenish kind. I had no idea that they'd be severely overcooked in just 10 minute's time or I'd have never made this. I've honestly never seen anything like them. I was very disappointed in this at first but now I'm OK with it. The turmeric almost ruined this. I omitted black pepper and hot sauce but kept in cayenne pepper.
I give this 3 stars because of the cumin/chili powder amounts being off.
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