The lentil (Lens culinaris or Lens esculenta) is an edible legume. It is an annual plant known for its lens-shaped seeds. As a food crop, the majority of world production comes from Canada and India.

FULL RECIPE BELOW Light and with a fast cooking time, red lentils are an incredible addition to any soup, salad or side. Here's one of our favorite ways to. Red lentils look more orange than red after the cook, especially with the addition of turmeric.

Hey everyone, hope you're having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, red lentils. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

The lentil (Lens culinaris or Lens esculenta) is an edible legume. It is an annual plant known for its lens-shaped seeds. As a food crop, the majority of world production comes from Canada and India.

Red lentils is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It's easy, it's quick, it tastes delicious. It's enjoyed by millions daily. Red lentils is something which I have loved my whole life. They are nice and they look wonderful.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have red lentils using 10 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Red lentils:

1. {Prepare 1 of overful cup of split red lentils(soak about half hour).
2. {Make ready 1 of medium -large white onion.
3. {Prepare Half of can of tomato pureed briefly (about 3 tomatoes).
4. {Make ready 400 ml of water.
5. {Prepare of Spices:l level tsp garlic paste.
6. {Take of Spices:1 teaspoon salt(another tsp for before cooking them).
7. {Get of spices:half teaspoon tumeric powder,1 tspn cumin seed.
8. {Get of Spices:1 tspn Red chilli flakes(optional,but gives nice flavor).
9. {Prepare of Quater cup or so, cooking oil(see pictt of oil used in pan).
10. {Take of Garnish:corriander and green pepper /paprika.

I use Bob's Red Mill Red Lentils which are grown in the Pacific Northwest. Who knew a tiny lens-shaped legume could be so versatile? From soups to appetizers, veggie burgers and hearty shepherd's pie, lentils bring a powerful protein punch to your. Wikipedia Article About Red Lentil on Wikipedia.

Steps to make Red lentils:

1. Soak red lentil in 1 cup warm water,about half hour until water absorbed most of water.discard remaining water over sink.
2. After discard water add about tspn of salt nd stir.. set aside while you fry onions and spices..fry onions until golden brown not burnt then add spices to cook then in oil briefly.then add lentils and.
3. Add spices,lentils and tomatoes and water,stir and cover them cook on medium low heat until sift then on low heat til ready(here they wher slightly mushy as how they are preferred when eating esp with flat breads etc,but can also make not mushy by cookin bit less..can try these different texture and use as prefer inshaallah.
4. Add chopped corriander and chopped green peppers..
5. Bismillah and enjoy!.

Red lentils are one of the most common types of lentil, and the best known among the red lentils is the Red Chief. It's a lovely salmon pink in its dried form, but it turns golden when cooked. Red lentils named for their beautiful orange-pink color. Of any of the lentil varieties, the texture of red lentils breaks down the quickest. This makes it perfect for creamy soups and curries.

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