Anonymous wrote:Indian dal is pretty much what comes to mind.

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OP, search for moong dal, and a jillion incredible recipes will come up.

Cook the lentils in some chicken broth/stock until really mushy. Add a spoonful of red Thai curry paste. Add a can of coconut milk. Enjoy.

I made this with yellow lentils recently and it was DELICIOUS (and so easy)

https://themodernproper.com/coconut-curry-lentil-soup

Khichri or Pongal - two different styles of Indian rice-lentil risotto. So good and comforting!

They cook very quickly. I make a quick dish that I eat with rice.

1 cup of dry lentils
2 onions chopped, 2 tbs of garlic-ginger paste, 2 tomatoes chopped, 1 handful of chopped cilantro
1 lbs boneless chicken thighs cut into 1 inch cubes
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp, turmeric - 1 tsp, red chilli flakes/powder - 1/2 tsp (or some black pepper powder), salt


Slightly dry roast the dry lentils on a pan so that it has an aromatic nutty smell. Cool. Now, wash well in a sieve and then soak in 2 cups of water.

In a pan, saute the chopped onions in two tbsp of cooking oil or butter, when the onions become golden brown, add the ginger-garlic paste, mix. When the raw smell of ginger garlic is gone and a nice aromatic smell start to waft, add tomatoes, mix, let it cook for a few minutes. Add the chicken, and brown it for some time in the mixture. Add the spices and the mix well, keep cooking till the chicken in browned on all sides and juices are sealed in. Add the lentils with the soaked water + 1 more cup of water. Mix, Let the mixture come to a boil and then cover and cook for approx 20 minutes on low. Check to see if the lentils are cooked (It should smush up when you press between finger and thumb), else cook for sometime more. Add the chopped cilantro and cook for a minute more. Serve with rice.

It is a very forgiving recipe. If you do not have the spices, you can can just use salt and pepper and it will still taste good. The magic lies in frying the Onions, Tomatoes, Ginger, Garlic. I have even made it with adobo seasoning, jerk seasoning, taco seasoning, chilli seasoning, ramen noodles flavoring... I have used cooked it without any meat, I have cooked it with potatoes instead of meat, I have cooked it with hamburger meat and it has always tasted very good.

Lentil soup. It’s same to cooking like the red lentils. Do what you’d usually make with the red.

Golden soup, yellow lentil soup…

Not to be a pill but if you know how to cook other kinds of lentils, couldn’t you just cook them the same, just longer? I don’t know if I’ve ever used yellow lentils but I’ve used most different colors interchangeably.

Indian dal is pretty much what comes to mind.

Anyone have good recipes for yellow, split moong bean lentils? I haven't cooked them before. I usually use red or brown. These seem harder in texture.