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Amhari Mesir Wat

Name: Amhari Mesir Wat
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Central African
Ingredients: ½ kg red lentils; 2 large onions; ½ cup oil; 3 tbsp tomato paste; ½ tsp paprika; sweet or hot; 1 unit garlic; ½ tsp ground ginger; ¼ tsp black pepper; 1 tsp salt; 3 cups water

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Prep15 min

Cook30 min

Total45 min

Servings4

Difficultyintermediate

Ingredients

red lentils
½ kg
onions
2 large
oil
½ cup
tomato paste
3 tbsp
paprika; sweet or hot
½ tsp
garlic
1 unit
ground ginger
½ tsp
black pepper
¼ tsp
salt
1 tsp
water
3 cups

Method

Prepare according to traditional method. (Directions were not provided in the legacy source.)

Amhari Mesir Wat

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