How to Prepare Lentil Shepherd's Pie in 26 Minutes for Beginners

Hey everyone, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, lentil shepherd's pie. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Lentil Shepherd's Pie is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions every day. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Lentil Shepherd's Pie is something that I have loved my whole life.

Spoon the lentil mixture into a medium pie dish and top with the champ. Scatter over the cheese and smoked paprika. Seriously The Best Lentil Shepherd's Pie.

To get started 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 can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Lentil Shepherd's Pie:

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

I enjoyed traditional Shepherd's pie when I lived in England. The exact origin of Shepherd's pie is a bit of a mystery! But both the Irish and British claim the origination of this hearty, mashed potato crust dish. This vegetarian Shepherd's Pie has all of the flavor you'd expect in the traditional version but with all of the hearty goodness of lentils!.

Instructions 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.

Tender lentils are simmered in a rich savory broth, topped with creamy mashed potatoes and baked to golden perfection! Serve this easy meal as a meatless favorite any time of year. If you're looking for a vegetarian and vegan shepherd's pie recipe, or just want to try a shepherd's pie that is a bit healthier and lower in fat than traditional meat-based shepherd's pies, try this vegetarian, vegan, low-fat, and cholesterol-free recipe which uses lentils instead of meat. The ultimate Vegan Lentil Shepherd's Pie featuring rich, flavourful, saucy lentils topped with fluffy, creamy mashed potatoes & baked until deliciously golden brown & crispy. Until then, I hope you enjoy this traditional style lentil shepherd's pie.

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