Instant Pot Lentils with Tahini, Cumin, and Garlic
Instant Pot lentils with tahini, cumin, and garlic is loaded with flavor! It's a satisfying and hearty dish with Mediterranean inspired ingredients. Done in minutes, you'll have a healthy, protein rich meal the family will love!
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 261kcal
Ingredients
- ½ tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- ¾ red onion - diced
- ¼ red onion - thinly sliced
- 3 medium tomatoes diced
- 4 cloves garlic
- 1½ tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp ground coriander
- 3 carrots chopped
- ¾ tsp Salt more or less to taste
- Freshly ground black pepper to taste
- ⅛ tsp cayenne pepper
- 16 oz cooked le puy green lentils you can get them pre-cooked at Trader Joe's
- 2 cups vegetable stock or water
- 4 tbsp tahini paste
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tbsp fresh cilantro chopped
Instructions
- Turn your Instant Pot to the sauté function. Add the olive oil, garlic, diced red onion, tomatoes, cumin, and coriander. Cook for a minute.
- Add the carrots, salt, pepper, and cayenne. Cook until the carrots are slightly soft - about 5 minutes.
- Rinse the dried lentils. Add the dried puy lentils to the Instant Pot, and the water or vegetable stock. Place the lid on top, and set to seal. Cook on high pressure for 10 minutes. Do a quick release, by turning the sealing valve.
- Lift the lid and stir in the tahini paste, and lemon juice.
- Spread out the lentils on a flat platter and top with the sliced red onion and cilantro.
Notes
Top Tips for Making Instant Pot Lentils
- Older lentils will take longer to cook because they have lost more moisture. Do not mix newly-purchased lentils with old ones because they will cook unevenly.
- Rinse and sort the lentils before adding them to your instant pot.
- The ratio for dried lentils to liquid is 2:1. So, you will need two cups of water or stock to one cup of dried lentils.
- It takes about 10 minutes to cook green, brown, or black lentils, and 5 minutes to cook red or yellow lentils.
- Add the spices to the pot while the lentils cook. This way the lentils soak up the flavors of the spices.
- Fresh cilantro or parsley over the lentils gives this dish a nice pop of green and fresh flavor.
Nutrition
Calories: 261kcal | Carbohydrates: 32.5g | Protein: 12.8g | Fat: 10.6g | Saturated Fat: 1.5g | Sodium: 355.4mg | Fiber: 11.7g | Sugar: 2.6g