Composition / ingredients
Step-by-step cooking
Step 1:
So, to begin with, I recommend sorting out the lentils from possible garbage and those beans that do not suit you in quality. I always go through the lentils, but this step is optional.
Step 2:
Put the lentils in a colander and rinse them thoroughly under running water.
Step 3:
Pour cold clean water into the pan. Put the lentils to sleep. Put the pan on medium heat.
Step 4:
As soon as the water boils, add the required amount of salt. Reduce the heat to a minimum. You can cook porridge without salt at all and add it to the finished portion directly into the plates, if necessary.
Step 5:
As you cook, foam will form in the pan. It is better to remove it in a timely manner. This will make it easier to clean the pan after cooking. Until the state of porridge (and not a side dish), green lentils are cooked for quite a long time. My porridge was cooked for about two hours with the lid slightly ajar. During cooking, you need to stir the porridge periodically to avoid sticking the beans to the bottom of the pan.
Step 6:
Before serving, add olive oil and salt to the porridge, if this has not been done before.
You can try to speed up the cooking time of such a porridge. To do this, fill the lentils with water at room temperature and leave them in this form overnight. During this time, the beans will be saturated with moisture, soften a little and the cooking time can be reduced, on average, from twenty minutes to half an hour.
Also, a good solution for cooking lentils will be the use of a pressure cooker.
I think that children will not be interested in such porridge due to its rather peculiar taste and lack of sugar. It is rather for adults.
Porridge has an interesting, tart taste. Needless to say, it is extremely nutritious. Definitely, it's worth trying to have your own personal opinion.
For my taste, this porridge is good with olive oil. I discovered this combination relatively recently.
Porridge of green lentils for breakfast goes well with fresh berries (oddly enough) and with multi-grain bread with cream cheese curd.
You can also treat yourself to it for dinner. Then I recommend serving it with finely chopped fresh herbs: parsley and dill, as well as with a cup of low-fat kefir.
Bon appetit!
Calorie content of the products possible in the composition of the dish
- Salt - 0 kcal/100g
- Water - 0 kcal/100g
- Olive oil - 913 kcal/100g
- Green lentils - 323 kcal/100g
