Questions tagged [lentils]
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When "sorting" lentils, what exactly am I looking for?
When a recipe calls for lentils, sorted and rinsed, what am I looking for? I've heard debris, such as leaves or sticks, but also "bad" lentils. Is there anything else I should be looking for before rinsing and using lentils?
Also, does the same…
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What lentils did I buy?
I'm new to the forum and new to cooking lentils. I bought a bag of lentils at the store and all it says is "lentils". Now understanding that there's different kinds of lentils, with different applications, I'm not sure what I'm working with…
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Can Calcium Chloride be Used to Prevent Lentils from Bursting?
In Modernist Cuisine, they recommend using calcium chloride when cooking beans to help preventing them from bursting:
Beans often burst after being cooked in ordinary tap water. To avoid this...[a]dd 1g of calcium chloride for every 100g of water…
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Are roasted bean flours edible as is?
By bean flour, I mean dry beans that have been made into a flour-like consistency such as through using a high-powered blender. From a digestion standpoint, it seems at this stage to be equivalent to raw beans, but would roasting the flour in the…
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How to counter bitterness in dal recipe
I just made the recipe below for slow cooker dal and there is quite a bitter flavor. I'm wondering:
- what ingredient would cause this bitterness and why?
- is there something I can add to counter the bitterness?
2 teaspoons whole cumin seeds
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why won't my lentils cook uniformly?
Whenever I cook black lentils there is always a hard crunchy piece in every bite while other pieces become soft as they should, I start cooking by boiling for about 30 minutes in unsalted water until almost all the lentils are soft.
I tried changing…
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What is the appropriate lentil-to-water ratio for stovetop lentils?
I'm planning on making a simple dish using split pigeon peas (or, toor dal) which I plan to soak for an hour.
Since I don't have a pressure cooker, I will need to cook these on the stove top. What is the appropriate lentil-to-water ratio I should…
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What are the consequences of not rinsing hermetic lentils prior to use?
There are these hermetic boiled green lentils that I've been eating for a decade. They are great in salads, etc.
The text on these boxes is in Scandinavian languages. It basically says, among other things, that they are ready to eat, boiled green…
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What will the coriander, cumin and paradise add to the lentil soup and can I do without the paradise?
I plan to make lentil soup for the first time as I've heard it is a lean meal great for fat-burning diets. Anyway, the recipe ingredients I will be using goes as follows:
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 cup finely chopped onion
1/2 cup finely chopped…
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Should I worry about these green lentils?
I bought this pack of organic green lentils.
Just noticed that the bag has some particles which accumulated at the bottom of the pack. Any idea what these are? Is this something I should worry about?
Thank you!
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