Photo by Farideh Sadeghin
Servings: 4
Prep time: 25 minutes
Total time: 45 minutes1 cup|200 grams red lentils
1 ½ teaspoons kosher salt, plus more to taste
freshly ground black pepper, to taste
1 teaspoon toasted cumin seeds
2 ounces|25 grams mixed greens, such as tatsoi
½ cup|120 ml grapeseed oil
¼ cup|44 grams pickled mustard seeds
6 blackberries, drupelets picked
½ cup|145 grams plain yogurt (not Greek)
3 edible flowers, petals picked, plus more for garnish
½ teaspoon sumac
10 ground cherries, halved
10 sun gold tomatoes, torn by hand
6 Mexican sour gherkins, halved
½ jalapeño, thinly sliced
bronze fennel, to garnish
Prep time: 25 minutes
Total time: 45 minutes
Ingredients
1 ½ teaspoons kosher salt, plus more to taste
freshly ground black pepper, to taste
1 teaspoon toasted cumin seeds
2 ounces|25 grams mixed greens, such as tatsoi
½ cup|120 ml grapeseed oil
¼ cup|44 grams pickled mustard seeds
6 blackberries, drupelets picked
½ cup|145 grams plain yogurt (not Greek)
3 edible flowers, petals picked, plus more for garnish
½ teaspoon sumac
10 ground cherries, halved
10 sun gold tomatoes, torn by hand
6 Mexican sour gherkins, halved
½ jalapeño, thinly sliced
bronze fennel, to garnish
Directions
- Bring 1 cup water to a boil. Place the lentils in a small bowl and pour the water over them. Cover, and let them soak for about 20 minutes. Transfer to a blender with the cumin seeds and 1 ½ teaspoons salt and purée until slightly smooth.
- Meanwhile, heat a cast-iron skillet over high. Add the greens and a splash of water and cook until bright green, about 30 seconds. Transfer to a plate and season with salt and pepper.
- Heat the oil in the cast-iron skillet over medium-high. Place about 4 teaspoons of the lentil mixture into the pan, flattening it out into a patty. Cook, flipping once, until golden on both sides, about 6 minutes. Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate. You should have about 12.
- In a small bowl, mix together the pickled mustard seeds and the blackberry drupelets and set aside.
- Combine the ground cherries, tomatoes, gherkins, jalapeño, olive oil, salt, and pepper in a small bowl and set aside.
- In a small bowl, combine the yogurt with the flower petals, sumac, salt, and pepper. Drizzle some on a platter and top with the lentil patties and the tomato mixture. Top with the pickled mustard seeds and the greens and garnish with more flower petals and bronze fennel.