Abayeye Shewa’s Eritrean Berbere Spiced Lentils

Name: Abayeye Shewa’s Eritrean Berbere Spiced Lentils (Tum’tumo)
Yield: Feeds 4
Ingredients: 1 tbsp nigella seeds; 2 onions (red or white), finely diced; 1 tbsp cardamom, shells removed; 1 tbsp cloves; 2 tsp sea salt; 1 tbsp dried chilli; 1 tbsp berbere spice mix; 1 tbsp cumin seeds; 400 g (2 cups) red lentils; 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped; 1 tbsp sunflower oil

Tum’tumo

Preparation info

Feeds
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Grand Dishes

By Iska Lupton

Published 2021

About

Ingredients

400 g (2 cups) red lentils
1 tbsp berbere spice mix</

Main course
Gluten-free
Vegan

Method

If you have time, soak your lentils for 15-30 minutes before cooking to help with digestion. If not, simply rinse under a cold tap; they will still cook fine.
If you are making your own berbere blend, do this now by grinding all the listed spices together. You’ll have some left to play with in the future.
Heat the sunflower oil in a pan and soften the