Lentil fingers
Lentil fingers

Hello everybody, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, lentil fingers. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Lentil fingers is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Lentil fingers is something which I have loved my whole life.

When my son was just starting baby-led weaning, he was a bit resistant to eating meat, so I've gotten creative with vegan sources of iron and protein. This vegetarian dish ( kirmizi mercimek köftesi) comes from eastern providence of Turkey: Gaziantep. I added some potatoes , you can also Add some garlic into onions.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have lentil fingers using 12 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Lentil fingers:
  1. Take 1 cup red lentils ( washed, rinsed)
  2. Prepare 2 medium potatoes - chopped
  3. Get 3 cups water
  4. Prepare 2 dry onions
  5. Make ready Scallions
  6. Prepare Salt, pepper,
  7. Take 1 tsp cumin
  8. Make ready 1 tsp red pepper flakes
  9. Prepare 1 tbsp tomato paste
  10. Get 1 tbsp pepper paste
  11. Take 1/2 bunch parsley -chopped
  12. Get 1 1/2 cup fine bulgur

Serve the lukewarm lentil fritters as an appetizer bite with a light and flavorful sesame yogurt dip! I have also added them to a salad before. How to sift through your lentils: Just pour them, very slowly, into a fine-mesh sieve (affiliate link), looking carefully for anything that looks funny. For good measure, sift through with your fingers afterward.

Instructions to make Lentil fingers:
  1. Wash lentils, rinse, peel potatoes . In a small saucepan, combine the lentils, potatoes and 1/2 teaspoon salt and 3 cups of water.Bring to a boil and then simmer uncovered over low heat, until absorb most of the water or cooked. (Keep a cup of boiling water aside, we may need later)
  2. Meanwhile chop onions
  3. Chop parsley, scallions
  4. Stir lentil mix into the bulgur and remove from the heat. Cover and set aside until the bulgur is very soft, 15 to 20 minutes.
  5. In a small skillet over low heat, heat the oil and add the onion, sautéing until soft, about 3 minutes
  6. . Add the tomato and pepper pastes and mix well. Remove from the heat and cool. Add cumin, crushed red pepper and black pepper.
  7. Add the onion mixture to the lentil mixture and toss to mix.
  8. Add the scallions and parsley, mixing gently
  9. form the lentil mixture into oval balls
  10. You can line the platter with lettuce leaves before you serving.

Drain the lentils well and add them to the food processor with the grated carrot and courgette. Blitz until all the lentils have broken down and the ingredients are well combined. Add in the breadcrumbs, grated cheese, frozen peas and corn and dried herbs and mix by hand. Each lentil variety cooks up differently and therefore suit different types of meals. Red / Yellow Split Lentils break down when cooked and have a soft "mushy" texture.

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