How to cook lentils

If you see in the sale of lentils, you must buy it and prepare any dish from this culture. After trying once, you will forever become her fan. Lentil has an unusual taste, something average between peas and beans, but with a nut flavor. It is up to 60% of plant protein, which allows it to use it even instead of meat. In Lentil, there is a lot of iron, and it does not completely collapse with heat treatment.

Lentils for sale are a few species:

Gray (Sartina variety) - for transparent soups, salads, casseroles, pates.
Green (not allowed periser) - for salads and as an additive to meat sauces.
Red Egyptian - for soup-puree and vegetable puree.
Yellow - for vegetable stew and soups.
Black - for salads and soups.

In principle, any lentil can be used in any dishes. It is simply something best keeps the shape after cooking (green and black), and the other is very welded (red). The average between them is gray and yellow.

All lentils are perfectly combined with tomatoes, garlic and onions. Sage, rosemary and bay leaf are suitable for spices for dishes from lentils. Although you can use any other taste. Checkeling from 15 to 45 minutes, depending on the variety. Faster it turns red, the longest is green.

Any lentil is before cooking, how do it in the case of buckwheat. Then lentils are rinsed several times in cold water. For cooking take two glasses of water for one glass of lentils. Lay a lentil only in boiling water and boil on medium heat. Five minutes before readiness satisfy. Adjust boiled lentils add to any dishes.

Vegetable salad with lentils:

Two cloves of garlic cut into thin plates and fill in two tablespoons of hot vegetable oil.
Put 4 tablespoons of boiled lentils in garlic oil and mix.
Two medium cucumbers and tomatoes Cut into cubes.
One small bulb will lie half rings.
Fold the vegetables in a bowl and add lentils with butter.
Salt the salad to taste and sprinkle with black ground pepper.
Pour one and a half tablespoons of lemon juice.
Salad mix and sprinkle with a handful of fine fresh parsley.

Casserole with lentils:

Boil six pieces of potatoes in uniform (water for cooking salted). Clean and apply with circles.
In a frying pan, fry 100 g of salad sliced \u200b\u200bwith small cubes.
When the fat is pushed, add one bulb, sliced \u200b\u200bby cubes.
While the bow is roasted until golden color, drum down two glasses of boiled lentils in the puree.
Mix lentils with lard and onions, satisfy and all together warm in a pan 2-3 minutes.
Baking shape Lubricate oil. Put half the potatoes.
Place a smooth layer of a lentil's puree to potatoes. Close it with the second part of the potato.
Fill the casserole with one glass of salted tomato juice.
Bake in a hot oven until the crust appears on top.

Lentil soup:

Two garlic cloves and one bulb shredt.
In a deep shill pour 2-3 tablespoons of olive oil.
Fry in oil onions and garlic.
Pour one glass into the saucel.
Pour 750 ml of hot water and boil all together before the raffle of lentils.
Soup will send a submersible blender, spray and pepper.
When filing into each plate, put the greens of parsley, celery and cilantro.
To the soup, prepare croutons with meat pate.

Lentils can be added to the filling for meat or mushroom pies. Boiled lentils can be started with pancakes. You can cook meat sauce for spaghetti or just add to stewed meat. And you can simply get ready to pour tomato sauce and there is a dish with fresh white bread. Try to cook lentils by our recipes and invent your dishes with lentils.