This week I have felt the need to invoke the spirit of my mother, so I decided to make first a ginger cake and then a lentil loaf. My mother loved ginger and was always pleased with a packet of chocolate coated ginger for birthday or mother’s day, as am I. The lentil loaf was originally the recipe of my sister-in-law Sue but we ate it at home so often for lunch that it reminds me of Mum, and Sue.
Here is the recipe,
1 1/2 cups brown lentils, cooked
1 1/2 cups grated cheese
med onion finely chopped
2 cloves garlic chopped
300grams sliced mushrooms
2 tsp smoked paprika
salt and pepper
1/2 cup chopped coriander
1 egg
3 Tbsp cream
1 cup breadcrumbs or cooked rice
Fry onions and garlic in olive oil til clear. Add paprika and stir for 1 min. Add mushrooms, cook 7 min. Turn off and stir in coriander.
Add rest of ingredients, mix well and put into loaf tin lined with baking paper or greased well. Place strips of capsicum or slices of tomato on top bake in moderate oven for 40min.