Curried Lentil Salad With Capers & Currants Recipe - (4.3/5)

Ingredients

• For the dressing:
• 2 1/4 cups (1 lb.) Du Puy lentils
• 1/4 medium red onion, finely diced
• 1 cup dried currants (you could also use raisins or other dried fruit and chop them up finely)
• 1/3 cup capers
• Fresh herbs, chopped (parsley, cilantro, basil or mint) to taste
• 1 large carrot, peeled and diced
• 1 medium bell pepper, seeds and stem removed and diced
• 1 clove of garlic, peeled
• 1 bay leaf
• 1/3 cup cold pressed, extra virgin organic olive oil
• 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
• 1 Tbsp maple syrup
• 1 Tbsp strong mustard
• 2 tsps sea salt
• 2 tsps freshly ground black pepper
• 1 tsp ground cumin
• 1/2 tsp turmeric
• 1/2 tsp ground coriander
• 1/2 tsp ground cardamom
• 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
• 1/4 tsp ground cloves
• 1/4 tsp freshly grated nutmeg
• 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon