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Brown lentil recipes

Large, flat brown lentils that retain their shape well during cooking. Brown lentils are slightly stronger in flavour than green lentils, with a solid skin. Use them in soups, casseroles, rice dishes and savoury bakes.

Persian noodle soup
by Nigel Slater

Herbs, pulses, noodles, spinach and soured cream combine in this Iranian comfort food dish, topped with deeply caramelised onions.

Light meals & snacks

More brown lentil recipes

Mujadara with crispy onions, pickled cucumbers, laban bikhiar and baba ganoush

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Confit duck with lentils and sugar-glazed carrots

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Italian veggie balls

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Christmas veggie Wellington

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Coconut dal with kidney beans

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Brown dal

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Lentil burgers with carrot pickle and peanut sauce

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Pork, lentil and veg sausage rolls

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Mujaddarah

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Persian noodle soup

by Nigel Slater
Light meals & snacks

Harira soup

by The Karim Family
Main course

Chicken tikka salad

by Fiona Hunter
Light meals & snacks

Moroccan chicken and lentils

by Michel Roux Jr.
Main course

Lentil, cherry tomato and feta salad

by Fiona Hunter
Light meals & snacks

Braised lentils

by Nigel Slater
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