Misir Wot (Ethiopian Lentils) is a vegetarian lentil main dish or side dish with a curry flavor that is served as part of a larger meal.

Misir Wot (Ethiopian Lentils)

By Sue Lau | Palatable Pastime

Misir Wot (Ethiopian Lentils) is one of my recipes of the day with the blogging group Sunday Funday. We are sharing some healthy recipes today to get our year off to a good nutritious start.

I decided to finally get my post for Ethiopian lentils up, since it is very healthy. Not only is it vegetarian (vegan if you just use oil), it also includes turmeric which is obviously healthy.

I had meant to get this posted some time ago, as I had worked it up as part of a larger meal. If you have been waiting, I offer my apologies. If ever I am behind and you are waiting for a recipe I promised, just drop me a line as I don’t mind getting reminders.

Here is a pic of the whole meal I had made:

Pictured from Top left going clockwise: Misir Wot, Rolls of Injera bread, Gomen, Beef Tibs, all on a larger round of Injera

 I will try to post the gomen recipe soon. It has been in my files idling as well. The injera I had bought as that day had quite a few new recipes already. All the foods were delicious and adored by everyone at that meal.

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Misir Wot (Ethiopian Lentils)

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Misir Wot (Ethiopian Lentils)

Misir Wot- Ethiopian Lentils

Sue Lau

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 20 minutes mins

Depressurize time 15 minutes mins

Course Main Course, Side Dish

Cuisine African, Ethiopian

Servings 8

Equipment

• Instant Pot or Electric Pressure Cooker

Ingredients

  

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• 1 cup red lentils rinsed (Masoor)
• 1 medium onion chopped
• 2 tablespoons niter kibbeh or oil
• 1 teaspoon garlic
• 1 teaspoon ginger
• 1 teaspoon turmeric
• 1 tablespoon garam masala
• 1 tablespoon berbere spice
• 1 teaspoon salt

Instructions

 

• Set Instant Pot to saute setting and brown onion in the niter kibbeh.
• Add remaining ingredients and 3 cups water.
• Cook, sealed/at pressure, on manual/high for 9 minutes.
• Allow steam to release gradually with setting off, about 15 minutes.

Notes

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