Farm Veggies

Hi there,

We have been in Perth for almost a week now, and yesterday it was time to experience one of the most popular things in this area: Farmers market. Just an half hour ride with the train and you're there. Amazing. I love markets, I don't know what is it, maybe the sight of all this different shapes and colours, I can spend hours there, just looking and tasting. So we did. And we bought some good stuff. Feta straight from the farm, freshly picked basil, delicious. I wanted to make something where all this flavours would come alive even more. And this the result. Yet again very easy. For 2 persons.
what do you need?
400 gram of lentils drained 240 gram
1/2 eggplant
50 gram of almonds
100 gram of feta cheese
1/2 bunch of basil
one orange
extra virgine olive oil
salt and pepper

Start by draining the lentils through a strainer. Put them in a pan add boiling water, a little bit of salt and a little bit of olive oil. Let this be for the next 15 minutes and then stir gently. It takes a while to cook the lentils about 40 minutes, so now there is time to prep everything. Cut the eggplant in thin slices. And peel the orange, make sure you peel as much white of as you can. Then cut the orange in to slices above a bowl, don't throw the juice away. Cut the basil into small pieces, save some leaves as a garnish later. Put a stir fry on the stove, add a table spoon of oil, wait until the pan is hot then add the eggplant with a little bit of salt. Stir the lentils gently again. Get a big plate and put in somewhere handy, next to you. After 5 minutes or so when the eggplant has coloured a bit, flip them over. when the other is coloured as well put them on the big plate. Then get the almonds and roast them in the pan. It is time to drain the lentils. after you drained them put them back in the pan and mix half of the cut basil through the lentils. and add these on top of the eggplants. Get the feta out of the fridge and break these with you're hands over the lentils. The almonds are done when you start smelling them and they browned even more. Time to turn of the stove. Leave the almonds in the pan. Grap the orange and add them to the dish. Carefully pour the orange juice over the dish at well. Do the same with a table spoon of extra virgine olive oil. Make sure it's divided. Now divide the almonds over the plate to. For a last finishing touch put some whole basil leaves on top.
You're ready to go! Enjoy

Love,

The kitchenprincess

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