Sweet & Sour Lentils with Roasted Aubergine Recipe | Curry for Change

Ingredients

• 300 g lentils, any will do but I prefer yellow or red
• 1 teaspoon fenugreek seeds (optional)
• 6 black cardamom pods
• 2 tablespoons tamarind paste
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 2 teaspoons cumin seeds
• 2 teaspoons chilli flakes or 1 teaspoon chilli powder
• 2 dried red chillies
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 aubergines, cut into 1 cm rounds
• ½ teaspoon turmeric powder
• 4 garlic cloves in their skins
• 3 tablespoons fresh coriander, roughly chopped
• juice of 1/2 lemon
• salt, to taste