Healthy cabbage and lentil curry

Sufferers of type 2 diabetes should consume a lot of low-carb vegetables as it a way to fill up the stomach without spiking the blood sugar levels. Cabbage is a must weekly vegetable, it is inexpensive way to add vitamins K and C, as well as antioxidants to your diet, it also contains manganese, fibre, and vitamin B6.

Lentils, on the other hand, are a healthy option at the table because they have a low glycaemic index GI which means it helps maintain and steady blood sugar level. It is rich in fibre, therefore, helps lower cholesterol, not to mention that it helps the digestive system by preventing constipation. It is high in protein, folate, phosphorus, magnesium, iron, zinc, potassium, B1 and B6. The saying "small but mighty" surely applies to this tiny holy grain.

This recipe is vegan, gluten-free, packed with vitamins and above all healthy, easy and quick.

Servings: 4

Preparation Time: 10 minutes

Start to finish: 30 minutes

Ingredients:

1/2-kilogram shredded cabbage

1 onion

3 cloves garlic

2-inch piece of ginger

1 chilli

3 cups cooked lentils

2 teaspoons turmeric

1 tablespoon cumin seed

1/2 teaspoon Kashmiri pepper

1 tablespoon Himalayan salt

1 teaspoon coriander, powder

1/2 teaspoon black pepper

1/2 teaspoon garam masala

1 teaspoon cumin powder

1/4 cup water

2 tablespoons canola oil

1 cup chopped coriander leaf

curry leaf optional

Method:

· Boil some brown lentils in salted water until soft but not mushy. Drain and leave aside. You can use drained tinned lentils.

· Place onion, garlic, ginger and chilli in a food processor and pulse to coarse texture and not pureed.

· sauté in the oil for 2 minutes until softened then add whole cumin seed toast 30 seconds then add all the other spices and add the cabbage, water and salt.

· Mix, cover and cook until the cabbage is soft about 8 minutes.

· Fold in the lentils curry leaf and coriander and cook for a few more minutes until the cabbage is cooked yet still crunchy.

· Adjust the salt and add lemon juice

Notes:

· You can use any type of lentils.

· For speed use tinned cooked lentils

· You can add as much or as little cabbage, the choice is yours.

· This is very diabetic friendly as it is rich in fibre, but remember to drink a lot of water with high fibre diets.

· This recipe is suitable for freezing up to 2 months.

Per Serving: 384 Calories; 12g Fat (26.9% calories from fat); 21g Protein; 53g Carbohydrate; 19g Dietary Fibre; 11mg Cholesterol; 1974mg Sodium.