Lentils
By OceanTiara
@RebeccasFarm (90717)
Arvada, Colorado
September 7, 2024 10:35am CST
How do you cook your lentils or do you cook lentils at all?
I love legumes and this week, I am eating only them.
They really are so delicious and comforting.
No meat, just trying to give myself a break and save money.
Lentils are so cheap to buy and cook.
I do not buy canned lentils, I make my own in the instant pot from the dried bags.
https://jackfruitful.com/one-pot-marry-me-lentils/
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@marguicha (228859)
• Chile
7 Sep 24
I soak them overnight. Then, depending on size, I cook them from 5 to 10 minutes in my pressure cooker adding onliy water and a bit of milk. When they are cooked, I prepare the diced onion with salt, spices and garlic. If I have cooked rice I add some.
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@RebeccasFarm (90717)
• Arvada, Colorado
7 Sep 24
Lovely Marguicha..I want to try that recipe there with the coconut milk.
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@marguicha (228859)
• Chile
7 Sep 24
@RebeccasFarm It is very good. Most of the people here add sausage or ground meat but I don´t like them that way. When I want an extra, I boil an egg, ground it and put some over the lentils. Or add some Parmesan cheese on top. But that is optional.
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@RebeccasFarm (90717)
• Arvada, Colorado
7 Sep 24
@marguicha Oh so yummy..that sausage might be good
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@allknowing (154176)
• India
8 Sep 24
We normally soak the lentils over night before cooking them. Most used are the cow pea and green gram.
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@allknowing (154176)
• India
8 Sep 24
@RebeccasFarm We also ouse black gram, green gram and tur dals
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@RebeccasFarm (90717)
• Arvada, Colorado
8 Sep 24
@allknowing I read the black ones are the most nutritious
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@RebeccasFarm (90717)
• Arvada, Colorado
8 Sep 24
Delicious anyway and so good for us.
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@GardenGerty (166193)
• United States
28 Oct
I have some I need to cook. I had a friend who would cook them up and use them as filling for burritos instead of ground meat. She seasoned them so well and they were delicious.
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@Tampa_girl7 (53621)
• United States
28 Oct
I like to serve them as a side and I make soup out of them.
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@RebeccasFarm (90717)
• Arvada, Colorado
28 Oct
We'll be eating a lot of those now Marie.
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@RebeccasFarm (90717)
• Arvada, Colorado
28 Oct
@Tampa_girl7 They sure are and so versatile.
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@Tampa_girl7 (53621)
• United States
28 Oct
@RebeccasFarm I have found several varieties and they are all good.
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@RasmaSandra (90308)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
7 Sep 24
I love lentils in soup or cooked plain with something added to them,
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@RebeccasFarm (90717)
• Arvada, Colorado
8 Sep 24
Oh no? You don't like them is it Judy
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@JudyEv (364833)
• Rockingham, Australia
9 Sep 24
@RebeccasFarm We didn't grow up eating them and I don't know how to cook them. Vince doesn't like them and he does the cooking so we just don't have them.
@paigea (36146)
• Canada
7 Sep 24
I just cook them in a pot. They're so easy to cook and so versatile. Because I also have lots of carrots in the garden here is one of my favourite things to make:
https://albertapulse.com/recipe/red-lentil-roasted-carrot-dip/
@RebeccasFarm (90717)
• Arvada, Colorado
7 Sep 24
Oh lovely Paige! Thanks now for that recipe..yes I also add carrots..wish I had a garden.
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