Unlike legumes such as peas or beans, lentils in our area are not too frequent guests on the table. But it is very useful and does not have such side effects as bloating or gas. In addition, it goes well with other products, so you can cook a lot of different dishes from it, it will not get tired soon. At the same time, lentils with vegetables are nutritious, which is very important for fasting, and does not contain fats, which is attractive for those who watch the figure.
Lentils with pumpkin
There are other vegetables in this dish, but pumpkins are the most in it. 300 g of it must be cut medium-sized. 2 eggplants are also cut, salted and set aside for 20 minutes, after which a bitter liquid is drained from them. Carrots crumble, but not with straws or cubes, but with rings. If the root crop is thick, you can chop the mugs in half. The onion is cut into half rings. First of all, pumpkin cubes with carrots and onions are fried. As they turn brown, a glass of lentils is poured and the same amount of water is poured. The dish will be stewed in covered form for a quarter of an hour, after which eggplants, four tomatoes chopped into cubes, garlic cloves and all selected spices are laid. In full, the lentils stewed with vegetables will hold on the fire for another 10 minutes. And already at the very end the dish is sprinkled with herbs.
Lentils with vegetables
This dish is easy to prepare. But in order to successfully make such a lentil with vegetables, the recipe requires separately boiling the beans (one and a half cups) until half cooked. Semi-finished porridge is covered and set aside. One piece of carrot and onion is cut, pieces of two celery stalks are added to them, and all this is passeried to softness, but not to the end. Thin parts are cut from 3 leaves of Chinese cabbage, and a thick vein is chopped and added to the roasting. A little later, chopped bell pepper and tomato are laid. After a few minutes, a spoonful of tomato paste is added. At the end, put a piece of butter, and when it melts - beans. In the process of stewing, lentils with vegetables should be mixed several times. After 5 minutes of cooking together, the fire turns off and the dish is left briefly under the lid. They eat it hot and with lots of greens.
Vegetables, Mushrooms and Lentils
This recipe is interesting not only for the presence of champignons, but also for small additions that give the dish a piquant and unusual taste. First, as usual, a frying is made from onions, two carrots, two pieces of celery and three cloves of garlic. When the roasting is gilded, chopped mushrooms are thrown into it - 200 grams, and a spoonful of vinegar is poured. It is necessary to fry for a couple of minutes so that the mushrooms brown, but their juice does not completely evaporate. 2 cups of lentils and 4 chopped tomatoes are added to the pan. Five minutes later, when the cereal is softened, but not yet ready, two chopped bell peppers, a little grated ginger, pepper with salt and cumin are added. Another 5 minutes later, lentils with vegetables are supplemented with a glass of raisins and a teaspoon of zira. And already at the very end - spinach, torn by hands into pieces. The dish will be ready when all the liquid from the pan has evaporated. Thanks to zira, ginger and cumin, your lentils with vegetables will acquire an unearthly taste. And with meat or fish, it harmonizes just fine.
Mexican lentils in a slow cooker
Like all dishes in this country, lentils with vegetables should be extremely sharp. For this purpose, 2 cups of salsa sauce, chopped clove of garlic, a dessert spoon of mustard, 2 large spoons of ground chili and half-hour - ordinary black are placed in the dish. If you don’t want excessive pungency, reduce the number of spices - the dish will not lose its taste from this. A glass of lentils, half a glass of chopped carrots and celery, a cup of corn and chopped bell peppers are placed in the bowl. All this is poured with broth (beef, one and a half glasses), flavored with seasonings, extinguishing mode and time set to 9 hours. Yes, lentils with vegetables in a slow cooker will be cooked just that much! But in the morning, a fresh dish is sprinkled with chopped herbs, grated eggs and cheese - and you can have breakfast with pleasure.
Lentil soup
For him, beans should be filled with cold water for half an hour. In principle, lentils are cooked the fastest of all legumes, but if they are soaked before being sent to the soup, the peas will remain intact and will not burst during cooking. For a three-liter pot of soup, in which lentils and vegetables are present, the recipe recommends taking only half a glass of beans. But if you love the first more, their number can be increased. After soaking, the water is drained, lentils are poured new and put on the stove. When it boils, add three chopped potatoes. While the soup is boiling, onions finely crumble, carrots rub (both of them take one large piece each) and two celery stalks are cut. From all this, frying in vegetable oil is made. When it acquires an appetizing, ruddy appearance, it is added to the pan, which does not remove from the heat for another five to ten minutes. If you do not fast and like meat, lentil soup with vegetables at the very end can be smoked with smoked ribs, jaeger sausages or just boiled chicken. However, even without meat components, it turns out to be satisfying, aromatic and tasty.
Summarizing
Lastly, let’s add that lentils can be cooked with almost all vegetables that can be found on store shelves. However, with any set, it is recommended not to avoid celery - with it , lentil dishes acquire a more delicate taste.