Red Lentil Coconut Curry Recipe

Hey- for anyone who was interested, here's the recipe for the curry I raved about on Facebook the other night.  It's from the Simply in Season Cookbook, page 206, and makes a LOT so invite some friends!

1 large onion, minced
~saute in large soup pot on medium-high heat with 1 Tbsp coconut oil until transparent, but not brown

1 Tbsp minced Garlic
1 Tbsp peeled & minced ginger root (we used 1/2 Tbsp dried ginger)
2 tsp curry powder
1/2 tsp each: ground tumeric, ground cumin, pepper
1/4 tsp ground red pepper
1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
2-3 bay leaves
~add to onion, reduce heat to low, cook & stir constantly for 3 minutes, do not let it brown

13.5 oz can coconut milk
1/4 cup soy sauce
1 cup tomato sauce
~add and simmer on low heat, stirring often, 20 min.

2 cups dried red lentils, rinsed
5 cups water
~in separate sauce pan, cook for 15 min, then add (with liquid) to soup pot

1 med eggplant , peeled & cubed (original called for cauliflower, this is what we had)
1 lg sweet potato, peeled & cubed
1/4 head of cabbage, cut in 1 1/4 " cubes
(recipe also calls for 1-2 cups of peas.  most people at my house call these "poison beans" so we left them out & added another sweet potato)
~add to soup pot & cook until veggies are tender, serve over rice (we used white rice)

YUM!!