Cook brown lentils for 25 minutes.
Cook red lentils for 10-15 minutes without soaking.
Cook green lentils without soaking for 25-30 minutes.
How to cook lentils
You will need – 1 glass of lentils, 2 glasses of water
- Before cooking, sort out the lentils, remove any debris.
- Rinse lentils with cold water.
- Pour water into a saucepan (for 1 glass of lentils – 2 glasses of water).
- Put lentils in a pot of water, put on a low heat and bring to a boil.
- Add half tablespoon olive oil for softness.
- Cook the lentils for 20-40 minutes after boiling, under a slightly open lid, stirring regularly.
- 5 minutes before the end of cooking lentils add salt (1 teaspoon per 1 glass of lentils.
- Your lentils are cooked! Serve it with herbs or use it in your meals!
To make lentils even more appetizing, they are boiled with the addition of rosemary, sage, celery and bay leaves.
How to cook different varieties of lentils
Cook the most common brown lentils for 40 minutes.
Cook small red lentils for 10 minutes, it is also called Persian.
Cook green Canadian lentils for 20 minutes.
How to cook lentils in a slow cooker?
Products
Red lentils – 1,5 cups
Water – 2,5 cups (750 milliliters)
Bow – 1 head
Carrots – 1 piece
Adjika – 4 tablespoons
Garlic – 2 cloves
Salt, pepper – to taste
Preparation of products
1. Sort red lentils, remove debris, rinse with water several times through a sieve.
2. Peel 1 head of onion, rinse, dry and finely chop into cubes: to do this, cut the onion in half, put the flat part on a cutting board, cut into half rings and then cut them lengthwise.
3. Peel the carrots, rinse, dry and cut into strips or chop with a grater.
4. Peel the garlic, chop with a knife.
5. Heat 2,5 cups of water in a separate saucepan.
How to cook lentils in a slow cooker
1. Put carrots, onions in a multicooker pan and fry in the “Baking” mode, setting the timer for 20 minutes. After the first 10 minutes of cooking, without turning off the multicooker, open the lid, add chopped garlic to the pan, close it and continue cooking.
2. Pour cereals into the container of the multicooker, pour 2,5 cups of hot water, add adjika, 1 teaspoon of salt with a pea, season with pepper, close the lid of the device.
3. Set the “Porridge” mode on the multicooker and cook for 50 minutes.
How to cook lentils in the microwave?
Products
Red lentils – 0,5 cups
Water – 1,5 glasses
Salt half a teaspoon
Preparation of products
1. Sort red lentils thoroughly, remove debris, rinse with cold water several times through a sieve.
2. Boil 1,5 cups of water in a saucepan.
How to cook lentils in the microwave
1. Pour lentils into a microwave-safe bowl, pour in 1,5 cups of hot water, add half a teaspoon of salt.
2. Place a bowl of food in the microwave, select the strongest cooking mode and cook for 10 minutes. In this case, the container should not be covered with a lid.
3. If you need to cook juicy porridge, then add 1 glass of hot water to the mold, cover and cook for 15 minutes longer.
Lentil steamer stew
Products
Red lentils – 1 glass
Cream – 1/2 cup
Water – 3 glasses
Rye croutons – 1 handful
Greens – to taste
Salt – to taste
Preparation of products
1. Prepare lentils before cooking: sort out, remove debris, if any, rinse several times under a pressure of cold water. You need to wash the cereals exclusively in a sieve or in a colander with fine holes. This must be taken into account as the lentils are very small and can slip into large holes.
2. Wash the bunch of herbs, dry and chop finely with a knife.
How to cook lentil stew in a double boiler
1. Pour 1 cup of lentils into the bowl of the steamer, pour 3 cups of water into the container, add 1 teaspoon of salt, set the timer on the steamer for 45 minutes and leave to cook.
2. In a saucepan with ready-made boiled lentils, add 1/2 cup of cream, finely chopped greens and mix.
3. Before serving the chowder on the table, sprinkle with 1 handful of small rye croutons on top of the dish.
The composition and benefits of lentils
For 100 grams of lentils, there are 21 grams of protein, 2 grams of fat and 49 grams of carbohydrates. The calorie content of lentils is 298 calories.
Lentils contain manganese, copper, molybdenum, boron, iodine, cobalt, zinc, vegetable protein (easily absorbed in the body), iron, folic acid, calcium, potassium, isoflavones and a large amount of complex carbohydrates, while practically free of fat.
Lentils are great for your health. The benefits lie in improving digestion, stimulating metabolism, enhancing immunity, and normalizing the genitourinary system.
Isoflavones in lentils prevent breast cancer. Porridge with lentils is useful for colitis, stomach and duodenal ulcers.
Lentils are also useful for the content of B vitamins, PP and A vitamins.
The cost of lentils in Moscow stores is from 140 rubles. for 1 kilogram of ordinary lentils and from 200 rubles. for special varieties of lentils (on average in Moscow as of June 2019).
How to cook lentils for a side dish
Products
Lentil groats – 1 glass
Carrots – 2 pieces
Onions – 1 head
Tomato – 2 pieces (can be replaced with a spoonful of tomato paste)
Coriander – 1 teaspoon
Salt and pepper to taste
Salt (+ allspice peas)
Dill – half a bunch
Vegetable oil – 2 tablespoons
How to cook lentils for a side dish
1. Rinse and boil the lentils.
2. Peel and chop the onion, peel and grate the carrots.
3. Wash the tomato and cut into cubes.
4. Wash the dill and chop finely.
5. Heat a frying pan, pour oil, put onion, fry it for 5 minutes.
6. Add carrots to the onion and fry for another 5 minutes over medium heat.
7. Add dill to the onion, season with salt and pepper and add coriander.
8. Add lentils to vegetables, simmer for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
How to make lentil puree soup
Products
Lentils – 150 grams
Carrots – 2 pieces
Onion – 1 head
Cream – 200 milliliters
Parsley, dill, green onions – 20 grams
Salt and black pepper to taste
How to cook lentil cream soup
1. Add 3 liters of water to a XNUMX-liter saucepan, add salt and pepper.
2. Peel the carrots and cut into 4 parts, add to the water.
3. Peel the onion, cut into wedges and add to the water.
4. Add lentils and seasonings, add salt if necessary, cook for 25 minutes.
5. Grind the contents of the pan with a blender, add cream, stir, bring to a boil and turn off.
Check out the classic lentil soup recipe!
What to cook with lentils
Lentils with onions
Products
Lentils – 1,5 cups
Basmati rice – 1 cup
Onion – 2 medium sized heads
Vegetable (olive oil) – 6 tablespoons
Grape vinegar – 3 tablespoons
Cumin – 1 teaspoon
Greens (dill, parsley, cilantro or coriander) – 1/2 bunch
Salt – 1 rounded teaspoon
Pepper to taste
Preparation of products
1. Sort out 1,5 cups of lentils, remove any debris, rinse several times with cold water through a sieve.
2. Pour 4 cups of water into a saucepan, add salt with 1 teaspoon of salt with a pea and bring to a boil.
3. Rinse 1 cup of rice with water several times.
4. Peel 2 onion heads, rinse, dry and chop finely.
How to cook lentils in a saucepan
1. Pour sorted lentils into boiling water, cook until tender – 25 minutes.
2. When the cereal becomes soft, but not yet boiled, it must be removed from the heat, poured into a colander and set aside to cool.
3. Add rice to a saucepan, pour in 4 cups of water and cook for 12 minutes after boiling. Throw the groats into a colander, drain and cool.
4. Put a frying pan on the fire, heat, pour in olive oil and pour onions into it. Season with caraway seeds, add a pinch of salt and pepper. Fry, stirring constantly, until golden brown.
5. After the onions have been fried, pour 3 tablespoons of vinegar into a frying pan and keep on fire until all the liquid from the container has evaporated.
6. Add the early boiled lentils to the onion pan and mix thoroughly.
7. Pour boiled rice, lentils and onions into a large salad bowl and mix.
8. Salt the dish with a pinch of salt.
9. Wash the bunch of herbs, dry, chop finely with a knife and sprinkle on the finished dish before serving.
Lentils with meat
Products
Meat (beef or pork) – 400 grams
Lentils – 2 cups
Onion – 2 medium sized heads
Carrots – 1 piece
Tomato paste – 1/2 teaspoon
Vegetable oil – 3 tablespoons
Garlic – 1 clove
Bay leaf – 2 pieces
Salt, pepper – to taste
Preparation of products
1. 2 cups lentils carefully sort out, rinse through a sieve.
2. Rinse 400 grams of fresh meat, dry, cut into medium-sized pieces.
3. Peel the onion, rinse, dry and cut into cubes.
4. Peel the garlic, chop finely with a knife.
5. Peel the carrots, rinse, dry and grate with large notches.
6. Pour 1/2 teaspoon of tomato paste into a container, dilute with 0,5 glass of water.
How to cook lentils with meat
1. Pour lentils into a saucepan. Pour 5 glasses of water into a container and put on fire. Cook until tender – 25 minutes.
2. Remove from heat, transfer to a colander, drain and set aside to cool.
3. If the cereal is soaked for 2 hours before cooking, the cooking time will be reduced to 15 minutes.
4. Pour 3 tablespoons of vegetable oil into a frying pan and heat it up. Add pieces of meat to it, salt with 2 pinches of salt, season with pepper and fry over low heat.
5. Add the onion, garlic, carrot and tomato paste mixture diluted with water to the pan and simmer for 2 minutes.
6. After the meat is ready, pour the lentils into the pan and add the bay leaf. Simmer for 15 minutes.
7. When the dish is ready, you can serve it on a plate with fresh vegetables.
Lentils with chicken
Products
Chicken breast fillet – 500 grams
Lentils -2 cups
Onion – 3 medium sized heads
Carrots – 1 piece
Garlic – 2 cloves
Vegetable oil – 3 tablespoons
Bay leaf – 2 pieces
Red pepper to taste
Salt – to taste
Black pepper – to taste
Preparation of products
1. Sort out the lentils, rinse under cold water through a sieve.
2. Rinse the chicken, dry and cut into medium-sized cubes.
3. Peel the carrots, rinse with water, dry and grate.
4. Peel 3 onion heads, rinse, dry and cut into small cubes.
5. Peel the garlic cloves and chop finely.
How to cook lentils
1. Pour lentils into a saucepan, pour 5 glasses of water and cook for 30 minutes. After frothing, add 2 teaspoons of salt and toss in 2 bay leaves.
2. When the cereal is ready, remove from the heat, transfer to a colander, drain and set aside to cool.
3. Pour 3 tablespoons of vegetable oil into a frying pan, heat it up and add finely chopped garlic.
4. When the product is slightly fried, pour the chicken fillet into the oil and fry until golden brown.
5. When the meat is ready, add onions, carrots and mix everything.
6. Fry for 10 minutes, then reduce heat a little, pour boiled lentils into a frying pan and stir. Leave the pan on the fire for another 1 minute, then remove from heat.
7. Serve the dish of lentils with chicken hot.