Sweet potato dal with butter bean parathas
This easy, creamy dal is perfect when you need a warm bowl of healthy comfort food…
Vegetarian
🍽 Serves 6⏱ 30 min hands-on · 45 min oven◆ Easy
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Lentil recipes
Lentils are a benefit-packed legume that are a storecupboard essential. They’re loaded with fibre, protein and vitamins and are a cheap, easy and delicious way to bulk up a recipe. Try them here in vegetarian, vegan and meat dishes, including soups, casseroles, salads and a knockout lasagne.
Whether you’re looking for a coconut dal, halloumi-topped stew or veggie ragù for pasta, you’ll find so much choice here. Discover salads like our puy lentil and tomato one, pair them with meat in our braised sausages, lentil and fennel dish, opt for hearty and healthy with a parsnip, carrot and red lentil dal, or try a classic (and delicious) dal makhani.
Want to use a specific type up? We’ve got recipes specifically for puy lentils, too!
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One-pot koshari (Egyptian pasta, rice and lentils)
“Koshari is Egypt’s national dish and simply the king of Egyptian street food,” says food writer…
Dairy-freeVegan
🍽 Serves 6-8⏱ 20 min hands-on · 45 min oven◆ Easy
Slow cooker Italian lentils with sausages and chilli
This hearty Italian sausage and lentil stew recipe from Charlotte Pike only needs a little prep,…
Dairy-freeGluten-free
🍽 Serves 4⏱ 20 min. Slow-cook time 2 hours hands-on · 2 hours oven◆ Easy
Puy lentil and tomato salad with jammy onions and crispy feta
This delicious lentil salad relies on the freshest tomatoes, lightly marinated, and red onions prepared two…
Vegetarian
🍽 Serves 4⏱ 30 min hands-on◆ Easy
Braised sausages, lentils and fennel
Georgina Hayden’s braised sausages with fennel and lentils is a weeknight winner. A one-pot family dinner…
Dairy-freeGluten-free
🍽 Serves 4⏱ 30 min. Oven time 30 min hands-on · 30 min oven◆ Easy
Green chicken and lentils
Whizzed up watercress, spinach and dill provide a verdant green sauce for crispy skin chicken thighs,…
Dairy-freeFreezable
🍽 Serves 4⏱ 25 min hands-on · 20 min oven◆ Easy
Dal dhokli
Dal dhokli is a traditional Gujarati dish of thin, silky dal with dumplings. Nisha Parmar shares…
Dairy-freeFreezable
🍽 Serves 4⏱ 40 min hands-on◆ Easy
Chicken thighs with curried leeks and lentils
This comforting bowl of creamy curried lentils, soft sweet leeks and juicy chicken thighs is just…
Gluten-free
🍽 Serves 4⏱ 10 min hands-on · 35 min oven◆ Easy
Parsnip, carrot and red lentil dal
Sweet root vegetables give a twist on coconut dal in this simple vegan supper. Parsnips and…
Dairy-freeFreezable
🍽 Serves 4⏱ 15 min. Simmering time 20 min hands-on · 20 min oven◆ Easy
Dal makhani
Dal makhani is a black dal, and this recipe from much-loved Babur restaurant in London’s Honor…
Gluten-freeVegetarian
🍽 Serves 4◆ Easy
Lentil and mushroom ragù with spaghetti
Lentil ragù offers all the rich depth of its meatier counterparts, finished with a dollop of…
Vegetarian
🍽 Serves 4⏱ 20 min. Simmering time 25 min hands-on · 25 min oven◆ Easy
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