How to cook lentils

How to cook lentils

Lentil - and useful protein-rich product. This culture of varieties of legumes is the color of red, green or brown. From the color and it depends on cooking time. Prepare lentil porridge, cakes, cakes or soup with exquisite flavor. Beans and suitable for garnish. You do not know how to cook lentils? It is very simple.



1
How to cook lentils - general rules

Before cooking legume take note of these tips:

  • cooking time depends on the species. Boil lentils red from 25 to 30 minutes. Green boiled 40 minutes, and brown - 20-25 minutes;
  • first, rinse well and reassemble lentils. It may come across sand, dry twigs and small stones. Damaged grains remove;
  • before cooking necessarily pour green beans with water for a few hours. Other species soak at will;
  • during sample preparation dish. You can get dry or peas, or cereal gruel;
  • cook beans over low heat.



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Cook the lentils in a saucepan

Prepare a cup of lentils and two glasses of water. Pulping process:

  • add water into the pot;
  • put back the washed and moved lentils;
  • turn a small fire on the stove and wait to boil;
  • pour after boiling in a pan of olive oil to beans softness;
  • cook 20 to 40 minutes, depending on the type of lentil. Do not forget to stir occasionally;
  • add 5 minutes before the completion of cooking salt to taste.

Finely chop the herbs, season with porridge of lentils and serve.

3
Cook soup of brown lentils

Prepare:

  • 1 tbsp. brown lentils;
  • carrot and onion;
  • 2 tomatoes;
  • 1, the sweet peppers;
  • 2 chive;
  • fresh parsley, dry basil and marjoram.

Washed lentils, put on the plate to boil in a saucepan. Sattail on the grater carrots, pepper cut on the stripes and fry with vegetable butter. Add a finely chopped bulb to vegetables and fire for a couple of minutes. Look at the beans. If they are almost soft - add root vegetables to them, satisfy. Top in a saucepan of boiling water to the consistency of soup and boil until readiness. At the end, put in a chowder chopped on cubes without skins, garlic and spices. Silte and negotiate for 5 minutes. Sprinkle with parsley fragrant chowder and eat with croutons.

4
Cook in a multicooker red lentils

Prepare ingredients:

  • 1.5 tbsp. lentils red;
  • 2.5 tbsp. hot water;
  • 1 bulb;
  • 1 carrot;
  • 2 chive;
  • 4 tbsp. Spoon Adzhika, better home.

Carrot cut straw, onion - cubes. Install for 20 minutes in a multicooker Mode "Baking" and 10 minutes fry in the kitchen appliance carrot with onions. Add finely chopped garlic and prepare as much time. After graduating from the program, add a lentil to a multicooker and fill with water. In addition, send Adzhika, pepper and spend your taste. Instead of adjusting, you can take tomato juice. Cook porridge in the "Pilaf" mode, "buckwheat" or "porridge" 50 minutes.

It is a pity that in our country a lentil is not very popular. At one time, Russia was a supplier of legume culture and even Karavai did from it. But Asians and Africans are very loved by lentil, because there are many useful trace elements and vitamins in it. You learned how to cook her and you can cook a delicious dinner for the family.

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