"Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage"

The connection between Jacobs and lentils goes all the way back to the first Jacob (Gen. 25:27-34). Though I've never used lentils to buy the birthright of anyone, I do really love them. Some people think I eat only lentils, which is sometimes not entirely an exaggeration. Naturally, there will be oodles (probably not the right plural noun) of lentil recipes on here. Tonight's dinner was a fairly informal version of dahl. Normally, when I'm making these I do it with a curry theme but I found this varient to be quite good as well:

Dahl With Vegetarian Oyster Sauce

1/4 cup red lentils

1 cup water or stock

1/4 cup rice

oil

1 carrot, chopped

1 onion, diced

1 chili pepper, minced

2-3 cloves garlic, minced

[1 teaspoon?] soy sauce

[1 tablespoon?] vegetarian oyster sauce

Combine the lentils and the stock in a pot on medium-high. Wait till it boils and then turn to medium-low cook for about 15-20. Prepare the rice however you prepare rice (I suppose you could cook it with the lentils, but I usually like to make surplus rice for leftovers).

Sautee the onions on medium-high in the oil for five minutes. Add the carrots, garlic, chilli and carrots. Stir throughout. With a few minutes to go add the soy sauce and the oyster sauce. I've never actually calculated how much I put in, just eyeball it.

Combine the lentils and the vegetables. Serve either on top of the rice or mix the rice in.

Serves 1.