A friend of ours had us over for dinner one night and served us an amazing lentil loaf – it was cooked in a pie pan, and had a nice solid consistency. He claimed it was a British wartime recipe, a meatloaf substitute in a time of scarcity. I kept bugging him for the recipe, […]
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Hearty Lentil and Weiner Soup
Hot dogs and lentils are a match made in heaven and are also extremely cheap! You can keep it basic and use regular hot-dots, or get fancy ones from Kramarczuk’s or another meat market. I used their coarse-ground weiners with great results. Use green or brown lentils, not the red ones. I added orzo pasta […]
Squash, Lentil and Chickpea Curry
I was looking at all of the beautiful winter squash at the farmer’s market but at the same time I had a craving for Indian food. Looking around online, this recipe was the most appealing, since it has both a lot of veggies and some protein sources. I personally like it a bit spicy to […]
Koshari
This is a very simple and easy recipe for when you either have lots of leftover rice, or when you have almost nothing fresh in the house but a full pantry. It’s a traditional, cheap Egyptian dish, and while I still haven’t visited Egypt, I’m told I make it pretty close to the original. It’s […]
Brown Lentil Soup with Cauliflower
Or “How to Make Brown Lentil Soup that Doesn’t Taste Like Dirt”. Here in Morocco, Melanie and I have had the problem that we can’t find anything other than brown lentils – she’s asked locals, and looked around pretty extensively, and hasn’t been able to find the much tastier red variety. However, after a lot […]
Pakistani style Chana Dal
I have (minimally) adapted this from here. It can be made either as more of a soup, or a stewy pasty thing to eat with rice (and might I suggest Lillian’s cumin rice).If you’re interested in more information on chana dal than you could ever have wanted, see here. This is supposed to use the […]
Artemis’ Lentil Soup
This soup is from my good friend Artemis who I met in Jordan. It’s a seriously delicious lentil soup, much more than the sum of its parts. I’ve copied and pasted the recipe from an email, hence the narrative style. Ingredients:Red Lentils5-6 cloves garlic, WHOLEOnion4-5 juicy tomatoesVeggiesOreganoBrothLemons Start with a relatively deep layer of olive […]
The easiest lentil soup ever
Put 1 part lentils, 1/2 part rice in a pot. Clean well if you live in a country where bulk goods are kept in burlap sacks on the floor in dirty market places. Add enough water that things will be soupy. Add a tsp or so of turmeric, mostly for color, and salt to taste. […]
Lentil Soup for Carnivores
Brown lentils have gotten a bum rap, at least in my mind. I think I always associated them with boring, muddy, vegetarian fare. As it turns out, brown lentils go great with hot dogs and really any smoked meat product you can find. Here’s a cheap and hearty soup that makes good use of this […]
Zingy Lentil and Bulghur Soup with Mint
Delicious, easy, soothing, simple. What more could you ask for in a recipe? This is based on the one featured in the Almost Turkish Blog I linked to in the sidebar. I wasn’t feeling well and wanted something nourishing but simple. The mint in the recipe is soothing on the tummy and the bulghur and […]