Vegetable Dhansak

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recipe by Kenwood https://kenwoodworld.com/

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    40mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    4
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    544
based on 4 ratings

This recipe is more than the sum of its parts, using store cupboard ingredients to put a hearty, warming dish on the table in under 45 minutes. Using a ready-made curry paste means the prep time can be sped up without skimping on all the great flavour you expect from a curry.

recipe updated May 20, 2025

Ingredients

  • Onion icon
    Onion
    150 g
  • Cilantro icon
    Cilantro
    as needed
  • Olive oil icon
    Olive oil
    1 tablespoon
  • Canned coconut milk icon
    Canned coconut milk
    400 g
  • Vegetable stock icon
    Vegetable stock
    150 g
  • Curry paste icon
    Curry paste
    140 g
  • Red lentils icon
    Red lentils
    200 g
  • Salt icon
    Salt
    as needed
  • Black pepper icon
    Black pepper
    as needed
  • Frozen mixed vegetables icon
    Frozen mixed vegetables
    800 g

Tools

  • kCook icon Cooking Chef XL
  • kCook icon Cooking chef xl bowl
  • kCook icon Serving bowl - small

Step preview

  1. Attach the Stir Tool
  2. Add olive oil to the Cooking Chef XL Bowl
  3. Lift the Cooking Chef head and fit the heat shield
  4. Heat with splashguard fitted - 1 min, 120°C, Speed OFF
  5. Then add onion to the Cooking Chef XL Bowl
  6. Cook with splashguard fitted then scrape bowl - 4 min, 120°C, Stir 2
  7. Then add canned coconut milk, vegetable stock, curry paste and red lentils to the Cooking Chef XL Bowl
  8. Cook with splashguard fitted - 2 min, 104°C, Stir 2
  9. Then season with salt and black pepper to taste
  10. Cook with splashguard fitted until thickened - 18 min, 100°C, Stir 3
  11. Then add frozen mixed vegetables to the Cooking Chef XL Bowl
  12. Cook with splashguard fitted - 10 min, 110°C, Stir 3
  13. Season to taste if needed
  14. Ladle mixture into 4 serving bowl
  15. Garnish with cilantro
  16. Serve
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