Steps to Make Ultimate Lentil Shepherd's Pie

Hey everyone, it’s Louise, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, lentil shepherd's pie. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Lentil Shepherd's Pie is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Lentil Shepherd's Pie is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook lentil shepherd's pie using 20 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Lentil Shepherd's Pie:

1. Make ready Ingredients for potato topping: -
2. Take 4 no medium size potatoes boiled and peeled
3. Get 1/4 cup milk
4. Prepare 1 tbsp olive oil
5. Get 1/4 tsp salt
6. Get Ingredients for making lentil stuffing:-
7. Take 1 1/2 cup cooked green french lentil/sabut masoor dal
8. Take 1 large size carrot
9. Take 1 stalk celery
10. Get 1 medium size onion
11. Get 3 tbsp tomato paste
12. Make ready 2 no garlic cloves
13. Make ready 1 tbsp olive oil
14. Prepare 1/2 cup peas
15. Make ready 1 cup pomegranate Juice
16. Make ready 1/2-3/4 cup vegetable broth/water
17. Get 1 tsp thyme leaves dried
18. Take 1 tsp garlic powder
19. Get Salt and black pepper powder as per taste
20. Take 2-3 tbsp chopped celery leaves

Steps to make Lentil Shepherd's Pie:

1. Chop onion, carrot, garlic and celery in small pieces in separate bowls and keep aside.
2. Heat the oil in a pan over medium-high flame.
3. Put a pinch of salt and black pepper in hot oil along with chopped vegetables and keep stirring continuously for 6-7 minutes until the vegetables are cooked properly.
4. Once the vegetables are cooked, add pomegranate juice and cook till it is over.
5. Slow down the heat,add cooked lentils, peas, tomatoes paste, 1/2 cups vegetable broth, thyme, garlic powder, salt and black pepper and cook on low flame stirring continuously for 5 minutes.
6. If the pulses become very dry, mix 1/4 cup broth more and mix well.Remove from flame and keep it aside.
7. In a big bowl add boiled potatoes and mash with the help of masher.
8. Add milk,oil, salt and pepper in mashed potatoes and mix well.
9. Preheat the oven for 200 minutes at 10 minutes.
10. Put the prepared mixture of lentils in ramkins or baking dish and put a layer of potato mixture over it.
11. Bake at 200 * C for 10-15 minutes.Broil the potatoes for two more minutes to make it crispy.
12. Once done remove from the oven,garnish with chopped celery leaves and serve hot.

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