Lentils recipes

Easy, vegetarian, tortellini soup that's filling and darned tasty. Italian cheese tortellini in a tomato based stock with mushrooms and lentils.

A scrumptious side dish made with lentils and chopped onions.

Sri Lanka Malu Soup Fish and Lentils recipe

My favorite pierogi are filled with the veal lung or the brown lentils. Why not to combine these ingredients into the one filling?

This delicious tomato and lentil soup recipe is super easy to make and full of nutrition. One bowl has only 264 calories, 19g of protein, 16g fibre, and is high in folate, magnesium, vitamin B, iron and potassium. What’s not to love? We like to serve this with a slice of our delicious wholemeal spelt bread.

Rustic Lentil Stew

It's easy to make, and it tastes delicious. There are lots of great flavors in this mango dal. Serve it with Indian naan bread bread or rice, a tasty and nutritious week-night meal. You can make it ahead, and simply reheat it.

Lentil Rice Burgers recipe

Vegetable Soup with Lentils (Vegan) recipe

This ultimate spiced vegetable soup is a meal in itself – it’s super filling, delicious and full of goodness. It makes a fantastic lunch or starter (but don’t have too much or you won’t make your main course). It’s packed full of healthy veggies, spices and a secret ingredient (almond butter) to tickle your tastebuds. This delicious vegetarian soup is perfect for those cold winter days, that will soon be approaching us. If you’re looking for a healthy recipe that’s fuss free and so easy it almost cooks itself, then this is definitely for you!

A lovely rich tasting lentil salad. High in protein, fiber and low in saturated fats.

An alternative sandwich that’s full of fibre due to the plantain and lentils. They are both great sources of fibre which, as we know, aids digestion. This sandwich is healthy for everyone, but pregnant women especially will benefit from the iron and high quantity of folate in the lentils, one cup (200g) provides 358 micrograms of folate and considering the daily requirement is 400 micrograms it doesn’t take a mathematician to know this adds up.

Dal makhani or maa di dal, as it is popularly known in the punjab, with its smooth velvety texture and lovely flavour is a delicacy that is very much a dish of the punjab. Every punjabi restaurant, roadside eating place and food stall vendor makes the claim that this is a delicacy that they alone can make to perfection. This my own tested recipe dare i claim it as the best? dal makhani is traditionally cooked on a low flame overnight and allowed to thicken. Using a pressure cooker helps cook the dal in a jiffy. Serve hot with naans.

A simple and scrumptious dish made with rice, green and red lentils and grated coconut.

This flavorful dhal is easy to make, and it's great with some Indian naan bread and cucumber rati.