Lentil Pasta Sauce ||Authentic Plantbased Eats

What's up, my people? Welcome back. I hope all is well. Let's make this delicious pasta with lentil sauce So the first thing i'm gonna do is to go ahead and prepare all my seasonings And as always I will list all the ingredients in the description. So make sure to check that out Here I have some dried lentils that i've been soaking for a few hours. Now make sure to drain this liquid. It's not needed Let's get cooking. So to a pot add some oil once it's heated properly Go ahead and sauté the onion, bell pepper, garlic, tomato I'm also going to add some dried seasonings at this time. Now with each step make sure to add seasonings, dried seasonings Okay, i'm going to allow this to sauté for about a minute or two followed by the lentil tomato sauce and some more dried seasonings You can add any dried herb seasonings or all-purpose seasoning of your choice As mentioned i'm going to allow this to sauté for about a minute or two before adding the lentils Here i'm adding about two cups of tomato sauce. I'm also going to add some water Now you will need enough liquid to cook the lentils properly So if you find that during the cooking process the lentils are hard and you need more liquid go ahead and add it It could be some more tomato sauce water or even vegetable broth As mentioned earlier with each step make sure to add some dried seasonings Now to balance out that tartness from the tomato I went in with some maple syrup. You can also add some sugar After adding the scallion i'm going to cover and allow this to cook for about 20 to 25 minutes over a medium heat And make sure to occasionally check on this and if you need more liquid go ahead and add some more A few minutes later I went in with some tomato paste just to add some extra richness I also went in with some additional water and as I mentioned earlier if you need more liquid go ahead and add some more All right, so i'm going to cover and allow this to cook down some more for about 10 to 15 minutes Let's move on to the pasta here i'm adding some salt Make sure to follow the direction on the package you can use any pasta spaghetti the choice is yours Once the pasta cooked just drain the liquid and set aside. Let's check on the lentil sauce Lentil sauce up and running. This is so good Here's the final plating and I top it off with some dried parsley. This was so delicious Thank you so much for watching. I hope you try and enjoy the recipe Let me know if you do and until next time bless upon yourself