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Neil Perry's warm lentil salad with pumpkin and chilli.

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50+ lovely lentil recipes

From curries to soups to braises, lentils are truly a versatile superstar of the kitchen. Here's some inspiration to get you started ...

49 recipes
Lentils
EASY

Lentils with tamarind sauce

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Neil Perry's braised chicken with lentils and vegetables.

Chicken casserole: Braised chicken with lentils

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Braised lentils with pan-fried duck breast

Braised lentils with pan-fried duck breast

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Caroline Velik
Neil Perry's warm pumpkin salad with lentils and chilli.

Warm lentil salad with pumpkin and chilli

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Middle Eastern lentils and rice with blackened onions

Middle Eastern lentils and rice with blackened onions

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Caroline Velik
Vegetarian bolognese, no plant-based mince required.
EASY

Meat-free mushroom and lentil bolognese

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Jill Dupleix
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Lentil dhal

Lentil dhal

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Stephanie Alexander
Like a hug in a bowl: Peshwari topped dhal with curry-roasted pumpkin and greens.

Curried red lentil dhal with roast pumpkin and peshwari topping

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Neil Perry's barbecued lamb chops with roast pumpkin and lentils recipe.

Neil Perry's barbecued lamb chops with pumpkin and lentils

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Warm roast veggie salad with lemony lentils. Jill Dupleix BREAKFAST recipes for Epicure and Good Living. Photographed by Marina Oliphant. Food preparation and styling by Caroline Velik. Bowl from Essential Ingredient, fabric from Manon bis. MUST CREDIT. Photographed March 22, 2012. The Age Newspaper and The Sydney Morning Herald.
EASY

Warm roast veggie salad with lemony lentils

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jill Dupleix
Salted pork and lentils (petit sale aux lentilles).

Salted pork with lentils in broth

  • 2 hrs +
A simple, healthy salad.

Brown rice and puy lentils with pine nuts and spinach

  • 1-2 hrs
Farro, quinoa salad

Farro, quinoa, sprouted lentils, raw cauliflower, almond, beetroot and smoked yoghurt salad

  • 2 hrs +
  • George Calombaris
Red lentil dhal sprinkled with garam masala.

Garam masala and red lentil dhal

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jane and Jeremy Strode
Lamb and lentil tagine

Lamb and lentil tagine

  • 1-2 hrs
  • STEVE MANFREDI
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Karen Martini's smoked ham hock and lentil soup.

Smoked ham hock and lentil soup with parsley and poached eggs

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Karen Martini
Mujudara with smoked trout and dill
EASY

Mujudara with smoked trout and dill

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
Lentils, beetroot, apple, grilled salmon.

Lentil salad with beetroot, apple and grilled salmon

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Frank Camorra
Heart-warmer: Curry of sweet potato and lentils.

Lentil and sweet potato curry

  • < 30 mins
  • Jeremy and Jane Strode
This butter chicken-inspired dhal can be made vegetarian - just swap the stock and hold the shredded chook (pictured as a topping).
EASY

Butter chicken dhal

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Quinoa and red rice salad with spicy cauliflower and black lentils.

Quinoa, red rice and black lentil salad with spicy cauliflower

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Caroline Velik
Spiced chicken and lentil salad.
EASY

Spiced chicken and lentil salad

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Egg, cauliflower, hummus, lentils and quinoa: this grain bowl is a treat.

Turkish poached egg, baharat spiced cauliflower, loaded hummus and lentil-quinoa salad

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Hellenic Republic's popular Cypriot grain salad is packed with protein-packed lentils.
EASY

Hellenic Republic’s Cypriot grain salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Travis McAuley
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Arabella Forge's cold-busting chicken soup.

Cold-busting chicken soup

  • 2 hrs +
  • Arabella Forge
Zucchini flower, wild rice, lentil and yoghurt salad.

Zucchini flower, wild rice, lentil and yoghurt salad

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
Sausage and lentil and casserole covered with haloumi cheese.

Sausage and lentil stew with grilled haloumi

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Katrina Meynink
Lentil salad with coriander and preserved lemon

Lentil salad with coriander and preserved lemon

  • < 30 mins
  • Brigitte Hafner
Karen Martini's spring chicken, rice, lentil and spinach soup.
EASY

Spring chicken, rice, lentil and spinach soup

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Karen Martini
Kid-friendly-lentil-stew
EASY

Kid-friendly lentil stew

  • < 30 mins
  • Heart Foundation
Spicy lentil soup

Spicy lentil soup

  • 1-2 hrs
  • pv
Lentil dhal with mint, haloumi and okra.

Red lentil dhal with curry leaves, mint and haloumi

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
French lentil and onion soup. Caroline Velik ONION recipes for Epicure and Good Living. Photographed by Marina Oliphant. Food preparation and styling by Caroline Velik. Photographed July 30, 2012. The Age Newspaper and The Sydney Morning Herald.
EASY

French lentil and onion soup

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Caroline Velik
Spanish lentils with prawns and chorizo.
EASY

Spanish lentils with prawns and chorizo recipe

  • < 30 mins
  • Kristy Komadina
lentil-soup
EASY

Puy lentil soup

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
Lentil shepherd's pie.

Lentil shepherd's pie

  • 1-2 hrs

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