Lentils
What do you call this, dhal? No, it’s RecipeTin Eats’ lentil chickpea coconut curry
A good whack of fresh garlic and ginger dial up the flavour on this rib-sticking (and budget-friendly) vegan meal.
- 30 mins - 1 hr
- RecipeTin Eats
Lentil and tuna salad with honey Dijon dressing
This is a heavy-hitting serve of protein with the lentils and tuna making it a robust, dinner-worthy kind of salad.
- < 30 mins
- Katrina Meynink
Four health food trends you’ll see everywhere this year (and are they worth the hype?)
From performance beverages to products that promise a better night’s sleep, here’s what to look out for in the health food aisle.
- Susie Burrell
The single best way to cut your food bills (and up your health)
Up your legume game with these tips to embrace cooking with budget-friendly lentils, chickpeas and beans.
- Kimberly Gillan
Spiced carrot and lentil soup
This soup is soul-restoring, simple, uses cupboard staples, is cheap and healthy. Winning on all fronts.
- < 30 mins
- Katrina Meynink
Ash reshteh (Persian greens, bean and noodle soup)
This soup is served during the festivities leading up to Nowruz, the Persian New Year. Two uniquely Persian ingredients define its flavour: Reshteh, or flat noodles, are starchier and saltier than their Italian counterparts, and as they cook, the starch thickens the soup. Kashk, a form of dried, drained yoghurt or whey, is saltier and more sour than Greek yoghurt or sour cream. The feta-like kashk gives ash its distinct flavour. Look for both items at a Middle Eastern grocer.
- 2 hrs +
- Samin Nosrat
Spinach chana dhal
Chana dhal, yellow split pulses or yellow split peas combine with spinach, tomatoes and peas in a very motherly, slow-cooked dish. This is gorgeous topped with caramelised onions.
- 30 mins - 1 hr
- Jill Dupleix
Spiced spring lamb shank and lentil soup
This dish somehow manages to be both warmingly intense and light on its feet, with plenty of vegetables and a gentle layer of spice. While I love quickly blanching and double-podding broad beans for their bright-green and buttery inner beauty, I also love them well-braised like this (and I adore well-cooked chard). Serve with flatbread and a dollop of yoghurt.
- 2 hrs +
- Karen Martini
Fast ginger ‘dhal’ with hot smoked salmon
A quick and easy lentil-based curry dish perked up with flakes of smoked salmon makes the ideal midweek meal.
- 30 mins - 1 hr
- Jessica Brook
Spiced lentil and vegetable pasties
Layering the lentils and vegetables in one pot and then cooking them over a low heat seals in their flavours, softening them just enough to make the perfect, pliable filling. Use a store-bought pastry if you prefer (either puff or shortcrust) but try to get a wholemeal variety for its pleasingly nutty texture and flavour.
- 2 hrs +
- Helen Goh
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