Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, spring lentil salad (vegan). It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
This warm, vegan spring lentil salad is the perfect spring dish! It's a fresh, healthy, delicious salad that's loaded with spring vegetables, lemon, and fresh mint leaves. This salad is vegan, uses only whole foods, plant-based ingredients, is naturally gluten-free, and potentially very budget-friendly! Depending on your lentils, you would have to keep a watch.
Spring Lentil Salad (Vegan) is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Spring Lentil Salad (Vegan) is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook spring lentil salad (vegan) using 20 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Spring Lentil Salad (Vegan):
- Make ready dry raw green lentils
- Make ready medium sized tomatoes cubed
- Make ready shallots chopped coarsely
- Make ready large cucumber diced
- Get apple (I used red apples)
- Prepare Few sprigs of mint
- Take finely chopped mint
- Make ready tsps freshly squeezed lemon juice
- Prepare Few walnuts (as per your liking)
- Get Dry chia seeds for garnish
- Make ready medium sized potatoes par boiled and unpeeled
- Prepare stock (any flavor)
- Get tsps sweet paprika powder
- Prepare garlic cloves
- Take Some olive oil
- Make ready Salt as per taste
- Get For the sauce
- Make ready good quality Balsamic vinegar
- Make ready honey
- Get dijon mustard
The goal is to cook the lentils al dente. Whisk olive oil, vinegar, sugar, salt, and pepper together in a separate bowl. Add lentils and dressing to corn mixture; stir to coat. Add the lentils to a saucepan along with the vegetable broth.
Instructions to make Spring Lentil Salad (Vegan):
- Preheat the oven to 250°C
- While the oven is being preheated, add lentils and stock of your choice on a casserole and cook it for at least 13 mins. Depending on your lentils, you would have to keep a watch. The goal is to cook the lentils al dente. Some lentils like whole moong might take as long as 20 mins until al dente.
- Meanwhile, in an oven tray, place your unpeeled parboiled potatoes. Sprinkle some salt and paprika. Add roughly crushed garlic, a dash of olive oil and give it a nice mix with your hands. Put the potatoes in the oven and let them bake for at least 15 mins.
- While the potatoes are getting baked, you can work on the other ingredients. Take the cubed apples and sprinkle some lemon juice on them and keep them aside in the fridge for at least 5 mins.
- Once the lentils are cooked, strain out the water and leave them out to cool. Once they are nicely cooked down and dried up, throw in all the chopped vegetables and apples. Give it a nice gentle toss and keep your salad bowl in the fridge.
- Take out the potatoes from the oven. Squish them lightly so that they break a little. Throw in a dash of balsamic vinegar and put them back for another 15 mins. You want to cook them until they become crunchy and golden.
- For the sauce, mix all the ingredients together and voila!
- Once your potatoes are baked. It's time to start plating! Toss your salad in a bowl, garnish with chia seeds and nuts. Add the baked potatoes and some mint leaves. Sprinkle some sauce and you won't regret it!
Add lentils and dressing to corn mixture; stir to coat. Add the lentils to a saucepan along with the vegetable broth. Bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer. Rinse the lentils and put them in a saucepan filled with salted water. Add the bay leaf and bring to a boil.
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