Lentejas with Hummus, Flatbread and salad leaves and tomatoes

I love lentejas. I love choritzo too, but I cannot have it any more. So this version used ham flash fried off with smoked paprika for choritzo taste.

Lentejas with flatbread and salad leaves and tomatoes:

2 tablespoons Light Olive Oil
A handful of roughly chopped ham
1 red onion, roughly chopped
2 medium carrots, sliced
2 sticks celery, sliced
1 red peppers diced (into pincer grip pieces)
3 Garlic Cloves, thinly sliced
250g dried green or brown lentils (pref Puy)
2 bay leaves
1 tsp paprika
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp smoked paprika


Heat olive oil in large pan, fry off ham with half the smoked paprika. Remove and reserve. Reduce heat to medium and gently simmer off onion, carrot and celery until starting to colour. Add garlic, bay leaves and spices. Cook 2 more mins. Add lentils, ham and cover with 1 litre boiling water. Leave to simer for 30 mins until lentils are tender. Top water up if needed.

Serve with flat bread, hummus, sliced tomatoes and salad greens.

This also works with other pulses like white beans or chick peas.