How to cook red lentils deliciously

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

• Category:

  soups

• Cooking time:

  1 hour

Ingredients

• red lentils
• beef
• potato
• pepper
• tomatoes
• tomato paste
• carrot
• onion
• garlic
• spices
• greens
• Bay leaf

Many delicious dishes can be prepared from such a healthy product as red lentils, rich in various vitamins and microelements. Red lentil recipes will pleasantly surprise you!

Other ingredients in the composition can significantly affect both the calorie content of a lentil dish and how tasty it can be cooked. As a plant-based protein product like beans, lentils are much easier to prepare. For example, it should not be soaked at all before boiling.

Those who adhere to the principles of healthy eating have long included red lentils in their daily diet.

Red lentil soup with meat

These two products are perfectly combined in any dish, complementing and enriching each other's flavoring bouquet.

Ingredients:

• red lentils - 1 tbsp.;
• beef on the bone - 1 small part;
• tomato paste - 2 tbsp l;
• potatoes - 3 pcs.;
• sweet pepper - 1 pc.;
• tomatoes - 2 pcs.;
• onion - 1 head;
• garlic - 2 cloves;
• carrots - 1 pc.;
• greens;
• vegetable oil for frying;
• Bay leaf;
• salt pepper.

Preparation:

We wash the meat, fill it with 2-3 liters of cold water and set to boil until tender

While the meat is boiling, we prepare vegetables for soup, wash, peel and chop. Cut the carrots into thin strips, and the rest of the vegetables into small cubes

• We spread the prepared carrots in a preheated pan with vegetable oil, fry for two to three minutes and add the onion.
• As the vegetables are prepared, add the rest to the carrots and onions. Fry until crispy crust appears on vegetables.
• Add tomato paste, salt, pepper, any of your favorite spices or herbs to the vegetables, as well as bay leaves, turn off the heat.

• Half an hour before the meat is ready, the broth should be salted. We extract the meat on the bone from the broth, cool and cut into small portions. Let's go to the soup again
• Put the washed red lentils in the meat broth. We continue to cook the soup at a low boil for 20 minutes.
• Add the diced potatoes and prepared sauteed vegetables with tomato paste.
• Cook for another 10 minutes, according to the recipe. Then we take a sample, if the soup does not need to be adjusted for the content of salt and spices, turn off the heat.

Add greens and serve delicious and aromatic red lentil soup to the table.

Lentils with carrots and herbs

This tasty and aromatic dish of very simple preparation can be used both in a self-sufficient form and as a side dish for any dish of meat, fish and poultry.

Ingredients:

• red lentils - 200 g;
• carrots - 2 pcs.;
• sour cream - 150 g;
• garlic - 2 cloves;
• parsley;
• salt pepper.

Preparation:

Rinse the red lentils and put them in a deep frying pan or saucepan. Pour 1/2 tbsp. water, according to the recipe, close the lid

• As soon as the water in the container boils, we reduce the fire and simmer under the lid for 20 minutes.
• During this time, we prepare the carrots, wash, peel and rub on a coarse grater.
• We spread a layer of carrots on lentils, close the lid again and simmer until the carrots are cooked.

As soon as the carrots become soft, add salt, a mixture of peppers, chopped parsley and sour cream to the prepared products, mix everything

• To cook deliciously red lentils, like a real chef, simmer for another five minutes under the lid and turn off the heat.
• We give the dish prepared according to this recipe, brew under the lid for 15 minutes, then serve.

Lentils with mushrooms

According to this recipe with a photo, you can cook very tasty red lentils for diet food.

Ingredients:

• lentils - 1 tbsp.;
• onion;
• carrot;
• champignons - 150 g;
• garlic - 3 cloves;
• tomato paste or ketchup;
• vegetable oil for frying;
• greens;
• dry spicy herbs;
• salt;
• a mixture of peppers.

Preparation:

1. Chop onion for deliciously cooked red lentils, as for frying.
2. Rub the carrots on a coarse grater.
3. We wash the champignons and cut into plates.
4. Put vegetables in a frying pan heated with vegetable oil, fry over high heat for two to three minutes.
5. Add pre-chopped mushrooms and garlic to the fried vegetables.
6. Reduce heat to medium and fry for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
7. Add washed lentils, fill everything with hot water or broth so that the liquid covers the food being prepared.
8. At this stage of cooking, add salt, a mixture of peppers and herbs. Close the skillet or saucepan with a thick lid and simmer for 10 minutes.
9. Add tomato paste or ketchup, stir, simmer for another 15 minutes.
10. We decorate a healthy and tasty red lentil dish prepared according to this recipe with herbs and serve.

Lentil pancakes

Even children love lentils in this form, which should stimulate their mother to cook this hearty and healthy dish more often.

Ingredients:

• lentils - 200 g;
• corn starch - 2 tbsp. l;
• eggs - 2 pcs.;
• onion - 2 heads;
• pepper;
• salt;
• olive oil - 1 tbsp. l.

Preparation:

Rinse the red lentils thoroughly and fill them with two glasses of water, according to the recipe, set on fire

1. To cook deliciously lentils, cook them for 20 minutes so that they boil well, like mashed potatoes.
2. Beat the boiled lentils with a fork until smooth. You can use a blender if desired.

1. While the lentils are boiling, we prepare the onion, for which we peel it, cut it into arbitrary pieces.
2. Grind the prepared onion in a blender, add to the finished lentil gruel.
3. Add salt, pepper, eggs, olive oil and starch to the lentil pancake dough, knead everything thoroughly.

1. From the resulting dough, bake small pancakes in a frying pan, 1 minute on each side.
2. Serve lentil pancakes with sour cream or sweet sauce.

Oven red lentil cutlets

With such a delicious and nutritious dish, it is quite possible to meet guests, but for everyday meals it is a real find.

Ingredients:

• red lentils - 300 g;
• walnuts - 100 g;
• garlic - 5 cloves;
• sour cream - 150 g;
• onion - 1 head;
• dried bread - 150 g;
• eggs - 2 pcs.;
• salt;
• pepper.

Recipe:

Rinse the red lentils and fill with water, bring the water to a boil

• Put the onion and bay leaf in boiling water with lentils, reduce the heat and cook for 15 minutes.
• We drain everything into a colander, let the water drain completely. We remove and remove the onion and bay leaf.
• Grind the boiled lentils with a hand blender.

• Lightly dry the bread in a frying pan or in the oven. Break the croutons into pieces and put them in a blender bowl. Grind the dried bread into crumbs.
• Also grind the nuts using a blender. Add both prepared ingredients to the lentils.

• Add salt, pepper, eggs and sour cream to the products collected in one container. Knead everything thoroughly until a homogeneous mass is obtained.
• We spread the prepared mass in silicone molds, pre-lubricated with vegetable oil.

• We bake in the oven at 200 * C for 10-15 minutes.
• We serve delicious dietary red lentil cutlets with a golden brown crust, prepared according to this recipe, to the table.

Rice meatballs

Original preparation allows you to get juicy tasty meatballs that are perfect for a healthy diet every day. The red lentils in this recipe will add a special touch of flavor.

Ingredients:

• red lentils - 1, 5 tbsp.;
• rice - 1 tbsp.;
• vegetable oil for frying;
• onion - 2 heads;
• garlic - 3 cloves;
• greens;
• nutmeg - 1/3 tsp;
• paprika;
• corn flour for breading;
• salt pepper.

Preparation:

1. We wash the lentils and fill with water, leave in this form for 3-4 hours.
2. Rinse the rice and boil until tender, as usual.
3. While the rice is boiling, we prepare other products according to the recipe. Put the lentils in a blender bowl and grind.
4. To grind evenly, add a couple of tablespoons of water to the lentils and stop the process several times to mix.
5. Add the pre-chopped onion and garlic cloves to the lentil mass in the blender bowl.
6. We put everything in a spacious container, add rice and spices, mix thoroughly.
7. From the resulting mass, we form small balls, give them the desired shape and roll in corn breading.
8. For color and flavor, the breading corn flour can be mixed with paprika if desired.
9. Fry all the meatballs in a small amount of vegetable oil for 5 minutes on each side, according to the recipe.
10. Serve ready-made red lentil meatballs hot with sour cream or sauce. Any vegetable dish can be served as a side dish.

Soup - red lentil puree

The pleasant consistency of the soup and its taste will certainly appeal to all family members, in addition, this dish is very nutritious and healthy.

Ingredients:

• lentils - 1, 5 tbsp.;
• potatoes - 2 pcs.;
• carrots - 1 pc.;
• onion - 1 pc.;
• tomato paste - 2 tbsp l;
• sweet paprika paste - 2 tbsp l;
• butter - 2 tbsp. l;
• olive oil - 1 tbsp. l;
• paprika;
• dried mint - 1 tsp

Recipe:

1. For a delicious red lentil dish, peel and chop the onions and carrots as usual for frying. How to cook this healthy product is described in detail in the cooking recipe.
2. Peel and cut the potatoes into small cubes.
3. To prepare the dish, choose a spacious saucepan with a thick bottom. Pour olive oil or any vegetable oil, heat it up.
4. Put prepared onions and carrots in a preheated saucepan with butter, fry over high heat until golden brown.
5. Add chopped potatoes to the vegetables to be fried, reduce the heat a little and continue frying.
6. Rinse the lentils and add to the pan, mix and pour two liters of boiling water.
7. Bring the contents of the pan to a boil, reduce the heat again, close the lid and simmer for 20 minutes.
8. We puree the finished lentil soup using an immersion blender.
9. Preparing the mint cream sauce. Put butter on a preheated frying pan, add paprika and mint, mix.
10. We lay out the lentil puree soup in portioned containers and pour over the prepared sauce.
11. Serve a delicious nutritious red lentil dish prepared according to a simple recipe. Now we know how to cook a very simple and delicious meal for every day.

Lentil sweets

You can overeat to your health with such delicious and healthy red lentil sweets. Such a passion for a delicacy will definitely not bring any harm to the body.

Ingredients:

• red lentils - 1 tbsp.;
• dried apricots - 100 g;
• prunes - 100 g;
• cocoa powder - 3 tbsp. l + 2 tbsp. l for crumbling;
• coconut flakes for crumbling;
• peanuts or other nuts for the filling;
• sugar - 2 tbsp. l;
• salt;
• vanillin - 2 g.

Preparation:

1. We wash the red lentils and soak in water for 2 hours, so that during heat treatment it will boil down as much as possible.
2. After the specified time, put the container with lentils on fire. After boiling, reduce the heat, close the pan with a lid and cook for 30 minutes.
3. Pour the contents of the pan onto cheesecloth folded in four and placed on any convenient container.
4. We connect the ends of the gauze and squeeze out all the liquid. Wipe the prepared lentil puree through a sieve. You can use a hand blender for this purpose.
5. Rinse dried fruits and cut into small pieces.
6. Add cocoa powder, dried fruits, sugar and vanillin to a homogeneous smooth lentil mass.
7. Mix everything thoroughly and put it in the refrigerator for half an hour.
8. We form small balls from the cooled mass, divide them in half. Roll one half of the candies in cocoa powder, and the other in coconut. Now we know exactly how delicious you can cook not only lentil soup, but also make a real dessert.
9. We put red lentil candies on a beautiful dish and serve. By adhering to this recipe, you can make your own adjustments, achieving the perfect taste just for you.

As you can see from such a healthy product as red lentils, you can cook very tasty dishes for each section of the traditional menu. These are various soups, second courses that completely replace meat, excellent delicious side dishes with vegetables in the composition, and even desserts! This expanded assortment of dishes makes it possible to include red lentils in your daily diet.