Delicious lentil recipes: side dishes and main dishes

Types of Lentils

There are several different types of lentils in the world. Below you can find out which ones.

Brown lentils - boiled for about 30-40 minutes and has a delicate and pleasant taste.

Lentils - unripe brown. It boils for about 10 minutes and often bursts during cooking. The taste is fresher than the brown look.

Red lentils - It takes about 15 minutes to cook and takes on a golden hue when ready.

White lentils - It takes about 25 minutes to cook and has a neutral taste.

Lentils Puy - French type of lentils. It has a sharp taste and smell and is boiled for about 25 minutes.

Black lentils - the cooking time takes about 20 minutes, has a good, mild taste.

Lentil cutlets (step by step instructions)

Structure:

• 100 grams of lentils;
• 1 piece of onion;
• 1 tablespoon flour;
• 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil;
• Salt, pepper to taste.

Cooking process:

Wash the lentils and cook them per 1 cup lentils 3 cups water. When the lentils are ready, then they need to be chopped with a blender. If there is no blender, then use a meat grinder.

Then finely chop the onion and add the flour to it.

Add seasoning to the eye.

Now we need to knead our minced meat, and if it is too dry, add a little water. We form cutlets from our minced meat, roll in flour and fry like ordinary cutlets.

Lentil Garnish

Structure:

• 200 grams of lentils;
• 2 pieces of star anise seasoning;
• 25 grams of butter;
• Salt, spices to taste.

Cooking process:

1. Rinse lentil grains well under cold water, and then put them in a pan. Water should be taken for cooking lentils, more than three times. That is, for 1 part of lentils, you take 3 parts of water. Salt water and turn on a strong fire under the pan.
2. When the water boils, anise must be added to it, this will reveal the taste of lentils to the full. Instead of anise, you can use bay leaf, garlic, parsley or allspice. Reduce heat to medium and cook lentils for about 20-25 minutes, until tender.
3. Then drain the water and add a little butter to the lentils.

Chicken Stewed Lentils

Structure:

• 2 pieces of chicken breast;
• 0.250 cups of olive oil;
• 2 pieces of carrots;
• 3 petiole celery;
• 0.5 red wine (dry)
• 300 grams of lentils;
• 1.7 liters of chicken stock;
• Parsley, dried dill, salt, pepper to taste;
• 0.250 balsamic vinegar.

Cooking process:

1. To make the lentils more juicy, soak it overnight in water, and drain in the morning. The breast should be grated with spices and put in heated olive oil in a pan. Fry the meat until golden brown on both sides and put it on a plate.
2. Then in the same oil we fry the grated carrots, onions, celery, and then add the wine and vinegar. After a minute, add the lentils, broth and our meat. Season it all with salt and pepper and simmer until cooked. Approximate time 1 hour on low heat.

Lentils and Eggs

Structure:

• 1 cup red lentils;
• 1 cup peas;
• 3 pieces of onions;
• 2 cloves of garlic;
• 2 teaspoons garam masala;
• 4 cups chicken stock;
• 100 grams of cilantro;
• 4 pieces of egg;
• Salt, pepper to taste.

Cooking process:

1. Finely chop the onion and chop the garlic. They need to be fried in olive oil, and then add lentils, and then peas and garam masala. Mix everything well and pour the broth into the pan. When the broth boils, then we put a slow fire and cook the dish for 30 minutes. In the last 10 minutes of cooking, add cilantro, salt and pepper to the broth.
2. Take four baking tins and put in our finished lentils. Make a hole in the center of the lentil with your finger or a spoon and pour in the egg. Bake lentils in the oven for 25 minutes at 200 degrees.

Lentils with vegetables (with step by step instructions)

Structure:

• 200 grams of lentils (can be red);
• 200 grams of onion;
• 250 grams of carrots;
• 100 grams of bell pepper;
• 0.5 liters of water;
• 1 tablespoon ghee;
• Parsley, turmeric, salt, paprika, pepper to taste.

Cooking process:

All the vegetables we need must be washed and peeled. Onion should be cut into slices, and grate the carrots. Be sure to rub the carrots on a coarse grater. So she better let the juice when frying.

When the oil in the pan is heated, then add our spices to it. They should be thinned a little in oil, and then put onions and carrots in a pan.

Then add chopped bell pepper to them and simmer everything until the vegetables are soft. After pouring lentils to them.

Then you need to pour water into the pan and salt well. When the water begins to boil, cover the pan with a lid and reduce the heat. Cook lentils for 15 minutes.

When the dish is ready, add greens to it, mix well and the dish is ready.

Garnish of lentils with onions (with step by step instructions)

Structure:

• 250 grams of lentils;
• 1 piece of onion;
• 1 piece of carrots;
• 4 cloves of garlic;
• 1 piece of parsley root;
• Bay leaf, thyme, thyme, pepper, water to taste.

Cooking process:

Lentils should be washed well and soaked overnight in a bowl of water. After rinse it again and put on the boil. Cook the lentils on moderate heat, and when the water in the pan boils, then set the minimum heat.

Then, add carrots and parsley into strips of lentils. Then cover the pan with a lid, but so that the steam can escape from it. When the lentils are almost ready after 30 minutes of cooking, chopped onions, bay leaves and spices to taste should be added to it. Cook for another 15 minutes and the dish is ready.

By the way, to make the taste of the dish sharper, you can add a small pod of hot pepper instead of ordinary pepper. This will help to give the porridge a special sharpness, as well as taste.