What to do with red lentils?

Cook them up and throw them in a salad with some sundried tomato. Mash them up and make a dip for snacks with vegetables. Cook them up with some veggies and curry powder to make a tasty soup. Lentils are amazing

Get a pot and set burner to medium and add a tablespoon or two of olive oil.

Cook one finely chopped onion, two finely chopped carrots. Cook until onion is translucent and carrot loses some color. Add four cloves of minced garlic. Stir for a minute. Add one cup of rinsed and drained split red lentils, 1 teaspoon of cumin, 1 teaspoon of paprika and a half teaspoon of cayenne pepper if you like a bit of spice. Stir for a minute or so.

Add three cups of chicken stock (you can use water if you must)

Cook until the lentils are mush and the soup becomes thick. Add more water/stock as necessary (sometimes you need to add a LOT more liquid) this takes maybe 30 minutes to reach this stage. sometimes longer.

When it's done add a half bag of frozen chopped spinach and cook for 8 minutes

Add salt and pepper to taste.

ladle into your bowl and squeeze the juice of half a lemon on your soup.

If you have calories to spare, you can add even more olive oil on the top of the soup for extra deliciousness.

YUMEEEEEEEEE I eat this at least once a week.

You can also add chicken to this and make it kind of a thick chicken soup.




Also I wouldn't suggest making the Dahl with rice or mjaddara. These recipes typically use brown or green lentils which are very different in how they cook compared to split red lentils.

Also I wouldn't suggest making the Dahl with rice or mjaddara. These recipes typically use brown or green lentils which are very different in how they cook compared to split red lentils.

That isnt true at all... when we hold theme-nights for dinner events, we use red and yellow lentils for making Dahl/Daal. They hold up better in a soup and carry well when reheated as well.


Asyouseefit: Perhaps venturing over to www.recipesource.com might be helpful? They have TONS of recipes there - and many of them are REALLY good!!

When I said Dahl with rice I'm specifically referring to a dish that I had and prepared many times in Pakistan. When I say Mjaddara, I'm specifically referring to a dish that I have prepared in Lebanon. Dishes can vary regionally for sure but where I was cooking, you can't use the red lentils for these dishes. Of course since the word Dahl simply means lentil it can also refer to red lentils. A lot of people call plain red lentil soup Dahl. If you or anyone has a recipe that calls for split red lentils then use them. BUT don't think you can use a recipe that calls for BROWN/GREEN lentils and substitute the red ones. It WON'T work.

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I don't have any ideas. I'd have to Google first, and I figure you've done that already.

Lentils make an amaaaaaazing vegetarian or vegan "meat" loaf. There are tons of recipes online, but most of them just require blending the lentils with onion, garlic, shredded carrots, a binder such as flax meal, and ketchup. Top with ketchup and bake - delicious and nutritious!

Dahl, very yummy: http://dairyfreecooking.about.com/od/soupschilistews/r/lentildahl.htm

You can also use them in place of split peas, is soups. (instead of split pea soup, made red lentil soup)

Why not daal over quinoa? Or daal over riced cauliflower?

I cook green lentils with garlic sauteed first and chicken stock. Once the lentils are cooked with the garlic and chicken stock I combine it with some whole wheat pasta. Be careful with the portions but this is a hearty and filling dinner.