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    Lentils Recipe with Carrots and Coriander Video

    by Eric · This post may contain affiliate links, its one way we pay the bills. · 7 Comments

    Here's a lentils recipe we make often when its cold. I call it wow winter comfort food. I don't remember the first time I had lentils but I'm pretty sure it was probably a can of Progresso lentil soup, which is not the worst thing, but again it wasn't the greatest thing. But now you can make the greatest thing: a lentils recipe with carrots and coriander.

    I'm not a vegetarian, but this is a vegetarian and vegan recipe, and that doesn't mean it doesn't tast great. It tastes more than great. Wow winter comfort food. I'm pretty sure I read about the addition of coriander seeds first in the NY Times, Martha Rose Shulman has written about lentils there.

    There are many different kinds of lentils, for this recipe, I like to use the Goya Pardina lentils. You could also use French green lentils or just a regular round brown lentils. The brown lentils tend to break apart, but then, that's what that kind of lentil is supposed to do. I recently went to an Indian food market, and there were shelves with all kinds of lentils. They are called Dal by the way, so don't ask for lentils, just look for Dal, OK?

    Lentils Recipe

    Canada, interestingly enough, produces the most lentils in the world. India is the second biggest grower, understandably. Lentils are a great protein source and has good fiber, besides tasking great. Green lentils have more fiber than red lentils, FYI, according to Wikipedia.

    The secret to this dish is coriander seed coriander powder or ground coriander you want coriander seed would you contact might have to search all of it if you have a Indian grocery store or a light room foods grocery store coriander seed little later

    Coriander seeds are like little flavor bombs. This is one of those simple recipes where the sum is greater than the ingredients.

    Lentils Recipe with Carrots and Coriander

    Lentils Recipe with Carrots and Coriander Video
    Recipe Type: Vegetarian
    Prep time: 10 mins
    Cook time: 30 mins
    Total time: 40 mins
    Serves: [url:1][img:1]
    Healthy lentils make a great weekday dinner.
    Ingredients
    • 1 cup pardino or green lentils, if possible
    • One medium onion, chopped as you like, not super fine.
    • 1 heaping tablespoon coriander seeds
    • One lb bag of carrots chopped into 1-2" pieces
    Instructions
    1. Pour a few glugs of vegetable oil into a medium pot, you want to coat the bottom of the pot, and not a thin coat either.
    2. Drop in the chopped onions when the oil is hot.
    3. After about 5 minutes, add in the coriander
    4. Brown the onions until they are clear and the edges are getting the burn brown look to them.
    5. At the same time, in a medium small saucepan, bring 2 ¼ cups of water to a boil.
    6. Rinse the lentils, and when the water is boiling, add in the lentils.
    7. Set the lentils to simmer covered.
    8. When the onions are cooked down to your liking, add in the lentils and chopped carrots, and cover the pot and simmer for 20 minutes.
    9. Take off the lid of the pot, and allow the liquid to cook down a bit.
    10. Check the lentils, they should not be crunchy.
    11. Add salt, mustard, and vinegar to your taste.
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    Lentils Recipe With Carrots

     

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    1. Francine Hazeveld

      January 06, 2015 at 1:00 am

      I love lentils as a salad. Here in Holland, I live close to Amsterdam, I buy them mostly in a tin. These tinned ones, brand name Bonduelle, contain the small sort which are still whole. You can also buy cheaper tinned ones with bigger lentils, but these are much more mushy. I ate this lentil salad years ago, maybe twenty, in one of these routier restaurants in France, so I don't have exact measurements.
      Cooked lentils, preferably not mushy.
      Finely chopped sweet onion.
      Some mayonaise
      Some Lemon juice
      Chopped flat leaf parsley
      Salt and pepper to taste.
      Goes very well with grilled salmon.
      Since English isn't my first language, excuse for the misstakes.
      Francine Hazeveld

    2. Francine Hazeveld

      January 06, 2015 at 1:33 am

      A small omission. If you take canned lentils, please rinse them in a sieve with cold water before making the salad, so don't use the cooking water from the tin.
      Best regards Francine Hazeveld

    3. Deb

      January 06, 2015 at 4:38 pm

      Great recipe. Making it right now for dinner. Slight oops with your written recipe. It doesn't say when the carrots go in. I watched the video to get that info.

    4. Kevin Jones

      January 14, 2015 at 1:45 pm

      I do love me some lentils.
      I added some parsnips, and radishes in with the carrot, it was in the fridge and needed to be used. Garnished with a little fine chopped parsley, and a nice dollop of whole grain mustard. It was delicious.

    5. Eric Gunnar Rochow

      January 18, 2015 at 8:06 pm

      excellent, glad you cooked that up Kevin, eric.

    6. clulu

      January 14, 2017 at 7:41 pm

      when do u put the carrots and how long do u let the lentils cook?

    7. Eric

      January 30, 2017 at 11:13 am

      the lentils and carrots go in the pot together and cook for about 30 minutes. thx!

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