Green Lentils- Need Ideas

chels0722

I bought green lentils for a couple of my recipes yesterday, but I bought too much and now I have a bunch left over. I want to use them in something else now so they don't just sit on my shelf. I've googled some recipes, but I am just curious as to what ideas and recipes you guys may have. I really want to try something new and different that I'm going to look forward to eating (and maybe even get my husband to eat it!).

Thanks!

sofielein

Where I'm from, green lentils have a huge tradition. The more lentils you eat the richer you will be
(Lentils represent money).

We have lentil soup, lentil dish but they are not necessarily made the healthiest way - They are soaked in water for 1 night, and then sauteed for 2-3 minutes on already sauteed onions (butter or oil) and then with some added water, cooked a bit and then thickened via mixing sour cream with a tbsp flour, gradually adding the hot lentil cooking water to this mix, then pouring the mix back into the lentil pot. And then cook ready for 3-4 minutes.
The result is very tasty but also scares me off as not only is lentil calory-high, but adding sour cream and flour sky rockets the results

Only later did I discover how Indian kitchen uses red and black lentils (smaller but cook faster) and started applying the methods to green lentil. Also, Moroccan and Arabic kitchen have a great deal of variety on recipes.

So lentil salad can be made with mint, tomatoes, coriander, mixed with couscous, avocados, bacon, vinegar (it takes vinegar very well), PARSLEY is just great... smoked meat, feta cheese, kale, carrots, anything goes


(google for "authentic lentil salad" and you'll be surprised)

sofielein

And an example:

http://food.lizsteinberg.com/2009/06/23/seared-lentil-salad-with-eggplant-carrot-parsley-and-mint/

and check out the "related" stuff underneath!

mmddwechanged

I want to make lentil shepherds pie one of these days, I haven't yet though.