Lentejas Con Fruta

1 lb Lentils
5 c Water
2 t Salt
2 T Oil
4 T Onion
1 ea Clove garlic, minced
2 cn (8 oz) tomato sauce
2 ea Cooked or canned sweet potatoes
2 ea Fresh pears, peeled and cored
2 lg Slices canned pineapple
1 lg Firm banana, quite green
2 t Monosodium glutamate (Accent)

Add washed lentils and salt to cold or warm water in large heavy pot. Bring water to boiling point. Reduce heat and cover with tight-fitting lid. Simmer 30 minutes. DO NOT DRAIN. Slowly cook onions and garlic in oil until onions are clearn and limp. Add tomato sauce. Cook a few minutes, then stir into the lentils. Cut sweet potatoes, pears, pineapple into chunks, slice banana. Add to lentils and sauce along with Accent. Simmer, covered, until the pears are tender (about 15 minutes). Stir carefully.

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