Lunch: Marinated Lentils With Crunchy Vegetables

Recipe by Claire Saffitz If you’re reading this, you’re alive. But if you’re not taking advantage of nature’s most underrated legume, are you really living?

Ingredients

1 large onion, quartered through root end
2 bay leaves
1 1/2 cups black beluga or French green lentils, rinsed, picked through
Kosher salt
1/4 cup olive oil
1 teaspoon coriander seeds
1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds
3 tablespoons sherry vinegar or red wine vinegar
Freshly ground black pepper
6 radishes, trimmed, very thinly sliced
4 scallions, thinly sliced
1 cup parsley and/or mint leaves
1 cup thinly sliced celery hearts and leaves

Instructions

Cook onion, bay leaves, and lentils in a large saucepan of simmering salted water until lentils are tender but still firm, 15 –20 minutes. Drain; discard onion and bay leaves and transfer lentils to a medium bowl.
Heat oil in a small skillet over medium. Cook coriander seeds and cumin seeds, swirling skillet, until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add spice mixture and vinegar to lentils, season with salt and pepper, and toss to coat.
Just before serving, top lentils with radishes, scallions, herbs, and celery; season with salt and pepper.

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