Lentils--Any Quick Recipes?

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  • Yum, lentils are awesome... thank you all for sharing! :)
  • FeebRyan
    FeebRyan Posts: 738 Member
    tomatoes
    garlic

    in juicer

    make into sauce

    fry up cumin seeds and when popping add a chopped onion and some ginger

    then add about a half pint of water and your sauce and your red split lentils

    add tumeric
    dry corriander
    gara masala
    chilli powder

    cook for 15 mins

    add fresh corriander on top and season to taste
  • Levedi
    Levedi Posts: 290 Member
    Bump! I love this - I've been looking for lentil recipes for a while. Thanks!
  • farahsaleem
    farahsaleem Posts: 47 Member
    soak for an hour, then boil with tomato, ginger garlic paste, salt and red chilli.. once soft add some butter and eat with boiled rice.. yummyyy..
  • brevislux
    brevislux Posts: 1,093 Member
    I make this all the time. For one year when I was really poor it's the only thing I ate because it's so cheap and easy to make and at the same time very nutritious. And I still like it! So this says a lot.
    The recipe I stole from a website, as I'm not so good at writing recipes.

    Mujaddara
    serves 5-6

    1 1/2 c green or brown lentils
    1 c long grain brown rice
    1 tsp ground cumin
    1 tsp sea salt
    1/4 tsp freshly ground black pepper
    2 1/2 c water
    1/4 c olive oil
    2 1/2 c roughly chopped onion


    Combine lentils, rice, cumin, salt, pepper, and water.
    Bring to a boil, cover, reduce heat to simmer, and cook for 40-45 minutes, or until rice and lentils are cooked.

    Meanwhile, heat oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add onions.
    Cook onions about 15 minutes or until golden and tender, stirring occasionally. Turn the heat off.
    Stir the onions into the lentil and rice mixture.
  • sleeplesslions
    sleeplesslions Posts: 27 Member
    my favourite is a really basic dinner of lentils, wilted spinach and a lemon (soy) yoghurt dressing. so delicious!
  • LilacDaffodil
    LilacDaffodil Posts: 148 Member
    bump
  • Bumping for so many great sounding recipes. Thanks to all who shared. I only made 1 way so this is great.:heart:
  • justtodayjen333
    justtodayjen333 Posts: 142 Member
    Thanks for all of the great recipes--they all sound awesome! Now that I have discovered lentils, I have something new to cook--love it! Seriously thanks!
  • texasgardnr
    texasgardnr Posts: 2,617 Member
    Since finding this thread last night I have been hungry for lentils. Never having made anything except a batch of soup from them for the first time back a couple of weeks, I decided to experiment a bit with what I had on hand. I cooked up some brown lentils. After they were cooked I added some fire roasted tomatoes (Hunts brand, with out the juice) tossed in some red pepper flakes and some sea salt. Let that warm up gently. Put it in a bowl with some guacamole on the side. The pepper flakes spiced it up and the coolness of the guacamole was nice with it.

    texasgardnr:flowerforyou: