Many legumes have a unique property: they provide stimulation of the human body so that it gets rid of excess fat reserves. An example of this is, first of all, the most ordinary lentils. Unfortunately, in Russia it is practically not eaten. Cooking lentil dishes is also not popular. And this is an annoying blunder.
The biblical legend has preserved a story about lentils that amazes and chills the soul, when one bowl of lentil stew was able to change the fate of an entire people, and at the same time affect the whole world. Over the years, lentils have lost their biblical significance, but its modesty did not at all reduce its true value. Recipes for cooking lentils are widespread throughout the world. All the main advantages of legumes are presented in lentils, and this is primarily a very large amount of protein and the presence of vital amino acids.
It represents those few foods of our food (cereals and peas) to which the human body and digestive system are genetically adapted. Such a process of complete adaptation of the body took a very long time with the gradual evolution of man. In a third, lentil fruits are made up of protein. Lentil protein is not inferior in quality to the protein found in meat. In addition, the human body assimilates it much easier and does not contain those fatty components that necessarily accompany meat protein.
Amino acids (such as lecithin), which are part of lentils, are simply indispensable for our body. Dishes from it serve for humans as suppliers of essential minerals and vitamins that are completely absorbed by the body. And she has no equal in iron content. Lentil is also a champion in the content of folic acid among legumes. A regular serving of lentils provides 90% of the body's need for folic acid. This gives a good cancer prevention. In addition, it also contains isoflavones that can inhibit breast cancer. No culinary treatment is even scary for them.
This plant is also different in that it does not accumulate any toxic and harmful elements, due to this, recipes for preparing lentils and all dishes from it can be considered environmentally friendly.
A common way to cook lentils is to make a side dish out of it. You can take it 350 grams and put in a pan. Add to it a chopped onion, one clove of garlic, a sprig of thyme and a bay leaf. All this is filled with water and brought to a boil. Cook for 30 minutes until soft. After cooking, drain the water and remove the added herbs. Season the finished portion with vegetable oil.
There are also recipes for cooking lentils - cutlets from it. To prepare them, red lentils are boiled with a small amount of water. Fried onion, one chopped red pepper and one clove of garlic are added to it. The cooked puree is cooled, and cutlets are made from it, roll in flour and fry on both sides until brown. Serve such cutlets well with sauce.
Recipes for cooking lentils such as chowder are common. To prepare it, take 2.5 liters of water, a pound of lentils, two heads of onions, carrots 250 grams, bay leaf, garlic, salt and pepper to taste. Cooked lentils with vegetables for three hours with frequent stirring. If the stew is very thick, then you can add water to it.
You can cook not lentil soup, but lentil soup. To do this, instead of water, it is boiled in meat broth. In addition to the ingredients listed above, tomatoes, celery root and pieces of fried cooked sausage are added to the soup. This soup is very tasty and everyone will like it.