Today I have managed to use another 1/4 of my marrow by making a delicious ‘marrow and lentil stew’.
Just to clarify a question that has been popping up on Facebook and Instagram… a marrow in the UK is pretty much an overgrown courgette (zucchini) and not bone marrow (but I can understand the confusion there for sure!).
So far out of 1 marrow I have created 3 large portions of ‘Marrow Masala’ (not a 1940’s recipe), a ‘Courgette Cake’ (not a 1940’s recipe), 3 large jars of ‘Marrow Chutney’ and today a ‘Marrow and Lentil Stew’. The stew today was delicious!
Here is the stove top recipe.
Marrow and Lentil Stew
- 1 lb of marrow, deseeded, peeled and cut into 1 inch chunks
- 1 medium onion chopped
- 1/2 cup red lentils
- 1 can chopped tomatoes
- 1 heaped dessertspoon of chutney (I added the marrow chutney I made yesterday)
- Salt & Pepper to your own preferred taste
- Rosemary and other dried herbs to your own preferred taste.
- Bisto powder to thicken (or gravy granules)
Method
- Place the onion is a saucepan with a teaspoon of margarine and fry lightly until starting to brown
- Add in the marrow, chopped tomatoes, red lentils, chutney, herbs and mix.
- Add in some boiling water to cover veggies and ad salt and pepper to taste.
- Add in Bisto powder (mixed into a smooth runny paste with a little water) to thicken after the stew has been cooking for 20 minutes. Continue to cook until veggies and lentils are cooked.
Serves 2
this looks and sounds delicious!
Thank you so much!! xxxx
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I managed to get hold of a marrow to try this out…. I wasn’t certain if “1lb of marrow” meant before or after peeling and de-seeding (with a young marrow, cutting out the seeds makes a big difference to the weight) but guessed that it meant after. I ended up with three helpings of stew, so it can’t have been too far out!
I didn’t have any Bisto, so added a tablespoon of flour and half an Oxo cube before putting the water in, plus an extra spoonful of chutney. Very tasty!
Yes that’s exactly it, a lb after deseeding etc. So pleased it turned out OK!! xxxx
Thanks so much. Made this for our dinner tonight and yum.
Lovely I added a veg stock cube instead of bisto, also added 2 finely chopped sticks celery and 3 finely chopped mushrooms. Cooked it all for much longer than the recipe stated but it was delicious. I replaced tin of tomatoes with 3 skinned fresh tomatoes too.
So for chutney – assuming we haven’t made our own yesterday – are we talking about something like Branston Pickle?
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