Main Ingredients:

See below ingredients and instructions of the recipe

Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

1 tb Corn or peanut oil
3 md Garlic cloves, chopped fine
1 sm Onion, chopped fine
1 ts Ground cummin
1 ts Ground coriander
1 ts Powdered ginger
1/2 ts Crushed red pepper flakes
1 cn Salt-free whole tomatoes
-(16 ounces)
1 c Reduced chicken broth
1/2 c Brown lentils
1 tb Sugar
1/2 c Low-fat yogurt
2 tb Basil leaves, finely
- shredded
Cooked pasta

In a large skillet or saucepan, heat the oil with the garlic and
onion over moderate heat. When they sizzle, add the cummin,
coriander, giner, and red pepper flakes and saute for 1 minute. Add
the tomatoes, breaking them up with your hands, and stir in the
broth, lentils, and sugar. Simmer until the lentils are tender and
the sauce is thick, about 30 minutes. Then stir in the yogurt and the
basil and spoon over cooked pasta. Note: To make reduced chicken
broth..Put the canned broth of your choice in a heavy saucepan and
boil briskly until it has reduced to half of its original volume
(approximately 15 minutes to reduce 2 cups of broth to one cup).

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