Lentil recipe ?

[feeb]

Oh lentils I love lentils but have never cooked them my self (apart from using dried soup mix).

How do you cook them? Do they all need to be soaked?

sorry for taking over thread.

Daintree dream lasagna sounds yum

[Pandora]

They are all different. Just to make it easy
I will find some of my vegan and indian cookbooks and have a look-see

[CinderToriella]

Yummo im veg as well so no meat is great, my partner eats meat but he is willing to try things and i have just created a meal planner for us and he gets tp pick of the list of things i have up
I put up lentil dish lol and he picked it for one of next weeks meals but i have no idea what that is yet hahahah

[Life is Good]

Thanks for the recipes, ladies. Am excited to give them all a go!

[~me~]

It's not a stew or casserole..this is very yummy though

Lentil Salad

2 tins brown lentils
5 roma tomatoes - diced
1 spanish onion - diced
1 bunch coriander - chopped
Juice of 1 or 2 lemons - depends on your taste
250g Danish Feta
2 tsps ground cumin
olive oil

1 - Drain and rinse lentils
2 - Combine with diced tomatoes, onions, coriander
3 - Crumble the feta in finely
4 - Add cumin, lemon juice and a good drizzle of olive oil
5 - Mix
6 - Taste and add more lemon juice or cumin if required.

The other day we made a pasta bolognaise with lentils instead of mince..very nice. So whatever you put in your normal bolognaise and use lentils instead of mince.

Feeb: I buy the lentils in a tin ready to use and the tin also has recipes on the back too!

[CinderToriella]

I am going to try all of them they all sound soo yummy ..thanks girls very excited

[Tinks]

Lentil Shepherds Pie is yummy. This recipe says to use pastry which I never do.

6 medium potatoes
1 cup lentils
olive oil
1 onion
garlic to taste
grated carrot
water (sufficient amount to cover lentils as they simmer)
1 tin tomatoes
vegetable stock powder and/or bay leaf to flavour
white pepper to taste

Saute the diced onion and garlic in olive oil until golden, then add the grated carrot and cook for a few minutes.

Add about 1 cup of lentils and cover with boiling water. Bring to the boil, then simmer until the lentils are soft (20-30 mins).

When the lentils are cooked, but not mushy, add the tinned tomatoes and simmer to reduce the liquid. Add seasonings, such as white pepper, bay leaves and/or vegetable stock powder.

In the meantime, steam or boil enough potatoes to cover the pie. Mash, seasoning with white pepper, or cayenne pepper for a bit more bite.

To make the pie, oil then line a pie dish with pastry, or simply top the lentil mixture with mashed potato and brown in the oven. If using pastry, this can take 30-40 minutes at about 175C.