Dinner
Dal Makhani
Black urad lentils and kidney beans soaked overnight, simmered for hours, then finished with butter and cream until…
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Lentils recipes
Cheap, fast and the base of a great many meals. 71 recipes on the site call for lentils.
Lentils is in 71 recipes from 18 cuisines, among them 33 dinners, 12 healthy dishes, 12 lunches and 6 appetisers and small plates. The cuisines that use it most here are Indian (27), Italian (8), British (7) and American (4). Of these, 7 are ready in 30 minutes or less, start to finish; the quickest are Beans Poriyal (20 min), Cabbage Poriyal (20 min) and Thoran (20 min). For 16, the method times a wait such as rising, chilling or marinating, and the time at the top of the recipe includes it. By difficulty: 49 easy, 16 medium and 6 hard.
As written, 63 are vegetarian, 38 vegan, 31 gluten-free and 45 dairy-free. Another 6 meet a diet label only with a swap the recipe names, and the recipe says which.
Lentils recipes — all 71 recipes
Healthy
Spiced Red Lentil Soup
Red lentils cooked down with cumin and turmeric until they collapse entirely into a thick, golden soup, finished…
Lunch
Turkish Lentil Soup
Red lentils cooked to nothing with onion, carrot and potato, blended smooth and finished with a spoonful of chilli…
Healthy
Dal Tadka
Yellow lentils simmered soft, then finished with a tadka — whole spices bloomed in ghee and poured over at the last…
Breakfast
Idli Sambar
Steamed rice and lentil cakes, sour from natural fermentation and light as a sponge, served with a tamarind-sharp…
Breakfast
Masala Dosa
A paper-thin, tangy fermented crêpe wrapped around spiced potato, with coconut chutney and sambar alongside. South…
Healthy
Mujadara
Lentils and rice cooked together under a mountain of onions fried almost to the point of burning. A dish of the poor…
Dinner
Haleem
Wheat, barley, lentils and meat cooked for hours and then pounded together until the whole pot becomes one smooth…
Healthy
Egyptian Koshari
Egypt's national street dish: layers of rice, lentils and pasta under a spiced tomato sauce, garlic vinegar and a…
Healthy
Harira Soup
The Moroccan soup traditionally eaten to break the fast during Ramadan: lentils, chickpeas and tomato thickened with…
Lunch
Ash Reshteh
A thick Persian soup of beans, lentils, greens and noodles, finished with fried mint oil, crisp onions and kashk.
Dinner
Lentil and Walnut Ragù
Brown lentils and toasted walnuts cooked down with soffritto, tomato and a long simmer into something with the depth…
Dinner
Lentil Shepherd's Pie
Brown lentils and mushrooms cooked down with red wine and Marmite into something dark enough to carry a mash lid…
Dinner
Coconut Dal
Sri Lankan parippu: red lentils cooked soft in coconut milk with turmeric, finished with a tempering of mustard…
Lunch
Shorbet Ads
Red lentil soup finished with cumin, lemon and fried bread. The default first course at every Egyptian table in…
Appetizers
Salade de Lentilles
Green lentils dressed hot with mustard vinaigrette and shallot. Puy lentils if you can, because they hold their…
Lunch
Mulligatawny Soup
Anglo-Indian curried soup, invented in Madras for officers who wanted a soup course and were given pepper water…
Breakfast
Upma
Semolina roasted and steamed with mustard seed, curry leaf and vegetables. Ready in twenty-five minutes and the…
Breakfast
Medu Vada
Doughnut-shaped urad dal fritters, crisp outside and airy in. The hardest simple thing in a south Indian kitchen.
Breakfast
Uttapam
A thick dosa batter poured small and pressed with onion, tomato and chilli. Softer than a dosa and easier to get…
Dinner
Sri Lankan Dhal Curry
Red lentils simmered with coconut milk, turmeric and a curry leaf tempering. The dish that appears at every Sri…
Dinner
Misir Wat
Red lentils cooked down with berbere until they go dark and glossy and the oil separates out. The dry onion start…
Lunch
Shorbat Adas
Yellow lentil soup, smooth as cream, with a hard squeeze of lemon at the end. The first thing you are given in Egypt.
Dinner
Dal Palak
Yellow lentils cooked soft and finished with spinach and a garlic tempering. Forty-five minutes and it is a whole…
Appetizers
Dahi Vada
Lentil dumplings soaked soft, squeezed and drowned in sweetened yoghurt with two chutneys. Cold, and best made a few…
Dinner
Chicken Dhansak
Chicken in a lentil-thickened curry, hot, sweet and sour at once, with a little pineapple. The Parsi dish as the…
Dinner
Lentil and Bacon Soup
A thick, smoky soup of green lentils, carrots and celery, built on crisp bacon and a ham or chicken stock. One hour.
Dinner
Dal Baati Churma
The Rajasthani feast: baked wheat balls soaked in ghee, a spiced mixed-lentil dal and a sweet crumb of crushed…
Side dish
Lemon Rice
Bright yellow rice tossed with mustard seeds, peanuts, curry leaves and lots of lemon juice. A tangy South Indian…
Dinner
Dal Bhat
The Nepali daily meal: steamed rice, a thin spiced lentil soup, a potato and cauliflower curry and a tomato pickle…
Dinner
Sausage and Lentil Stew
Sliced sausages simmered with green lentils, carrots, onion and stock until the lentils are tender. Four servings in…
Dinner
Tarka Dal
Split red lentils cooked until soft, then finished with a sizzling tarka of garlic, cumin and chili in hot oil. Four…
Dinner
Vegetable Lasagna
Lasagne sheets layered with a lentil and vegetable tomato sauce, white sauce and cheese. Six servings in 1 hour 45…
Dinner
Lentil Bolognese
Green lentils, carrot and tomato simmered into a rich ragu and served over spaghetti. Four servings in 45 minutes.
Lunch
Instant Pot Lentil Soup
Brown lentils, carrots, celery and tomatoes pressure cooked into a thick, spiced soup. Six servings in 35 minutes.
Lunch
Slow Cooker Lentil Soup
Brown lentils, carrots, celery and tomatoes cooked on low for 6 hours into a thick, spiced soup. Six servings, with…
Lunch
Freezer Soup
A thick vegetable and lentil soup simmered for 35 minutes, cooled and frozen in portions. Eight servings in 50…
Dinner
Lentil Burgers
Brown lentils, oats, onion and spices mashed into patties and fried for 20 minutes until crisp outside. Four…
Dinner
Lentil Dal
Red lentils simmered for 25 minutes with turmeric and ginger, finished with a sizzling garlic and cumin tarka. Four…
Lunch
Lebanese Lentil Soup
Red lentils simmered with onion, cumin and carrot for 30 minutes, blended and finished with a squeeze of lemon.
Side dish
French Lentils
Green Puy-style lentils simmered for 30 minutes with carrot, onion, thyme and garlic and finished with Dijon and red…
Healthy
Warm Lentil Salad
Green lentils simmered with carrot, celery and thyme, dressed warm in a mustard vinaigrette and topped with goat…
Healthy
Lentil and Carrot Soup
Red lentils and carrots simmered with onion, cumin and stock into a thick orange soup that needs no blender.
Healthy
Red Lentil and Tomato Soup
Red lentils cooked in tinned tomatoes, garlic and stock until they dissolve into a smooth, thick soup.
Dinner
Greek Lentil Soup
Brown lentils simmered with onion, carrot, garlic and bay, finished with red wine vinegar and olive oil.
Appetizers
Lentil Fritters
Crisp fritters of cooked brown lentils, grated onion, garlic, cumin and parsley, bound with flour and fried.
Side dish
Masoor Dal
Red lentils simmered with turmeric until soft, finished with a sizzling tempering of garlic, cumin and chilli.
23 more recipes, A–Z
- Beans Poriyal
- Cabbage Poriyal
- Cotechino con Lenticchie
- Ezogelin Soup
- Handvo
- Instant Pot Dal
- Kootu
- Lamb Shami Kebab
- Lentejas
- Lentil Sloppy Joes
- Linsensuppe
- Murukku
- One Pot Lentil Curry
- Pasta e Lenticchie
- Persian Lentil Rice
- Puran Poli
- Red Lentil Kofte
- Slow Cooker Dal
- Tamarind Rice
- Thoran
- Vegan Lasagna
- Vegan Meatballs
- Zuppa di Lenticchie