First, how to eat lentils?

1, stewed tomatoes with lentils

Ingredients: 1 liter of water, 200g of dried lentils, 3 tablespoons of olive oil, 1 green pepper, 1 onion, 500g of tomatoes, proper amount of salt and fresh black pepper.

Practice: Chop green pepper and onion, peel and seed tomatoes and chop them for later use. Take a large pot, add water and bring to a boil. Add lentils, turn off the heat and cook until lentils are soft, about 20 minutes. Take the lentils out and put them in a basket. Drain them. Put a large frying pan on medium heat and add olive oil to preheat it. Add green pepper and onion, stir-fry until the green pepper and onion are soft, add tomato and stir-fry evenly. Add lentils, season with salt and black pepper and mix well. Turn off the heat and cook for another 25 to 30 minutes until the lentils are soft and rotten.

2. Bacon, vegetables and lentils

Ingredients: 300g lentil, carrot 1, onion 1, 3-4 garlic, clove 1, bacon 100g, thyme, salt, pepper and olive oil.

Practice: Cut carrots and onions into small pieces. Wash lentils and drain. Put 2 tablespoons olive oil in a pan over medium heat, add onion, garlic and carrot and stir fry. Stir-fry for 3 minutes, then add bacon and stir-fry for about 5 minutes. When bacon is cooked, add lentils and stir-fry for about 2 minutes. Pour in water until the top of the ingredients is just soaked in water, and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Dice a small piece of onion, put it in a pot and add some thyme. Cover the pot and cook for about 20 minutes until the lentils are cooked.

3, lentils mixed with vegetable curry

Ingredients: 100g ground beef, 50g-80g lentils, tomatoes, carrots, eggplant, long beans and potatoes, a tablespoon of ginger and garlic, 1 onion, 30-50g meat curry powder, 1 star anise, 2 cloves and 65430 cinnamon.

Practice: soak lentils for two or three hours in advance, then drain them, 1 chop onions, and dice tomatoes, carrots, eggplant, long beans and potatoes for later use; Add 2 tablespoons of water to the meat curry powder and mix into curry paste for later use. 3 Heat cooking oil, saute minced ginger and garlic, then add chopped green onion and stir-fry until golden and fragrant. Add minced meat and stir-fry until the minced meat is oily yellow. Add spices and stir-fry for about a minute, then add curry sauce and stir-fry over low heat to avoid burning and bitterness. Stir-fry the curry sauce and add water to boil. Add lentils and vegetables, bring to a boil, and then stew for about 1 hour or until lentils become soft and curry thickens. Season with sugar and salt.

Second, the efficacy and role of lentils

1, lentils have high nutritional value.

Lentils are a kind of food crop with high nutritional value. Its fruit not only contains a lot of protein and carbohydrates, but also contains fat, various trace elements and vitamins. After eating this kind of lentil, human beings can absorb a variety of healthy nutrients.

2, lentils can lower cholesterol.

Lentils can reduce cholesterol in human body, which is of great benefit to prevent hyperlipidemia and hypertension. Can provide a lot of soluble fiber for human body, which is of great benefit to improve health level. In addition, the iron content in lentils is also high, which has a good conditioning effect on human anemia.

3, lentils can prevent fetal malformation.

Lentils contain a lot of natural folic acid and a certain amount of vitamin B. These substances can directly act on the human nervous system after entering the human body, which can improve the health level of the nervous system. In addition, folic acid is also very important for pregnant women, which can greatly reduce the incidence of fetal malformation. There are some natural antioxidants in lentils, which can improve human immunity, reduce the occurrence of cancer and delay the appearance of aging symptoms.

These are the answers to how to eat lentils. The nutritional value of lentils is very high, which can not only reduce cholesterol in the human body, but also prevent fetal malformation when pregnant women eat more lentils. Lentils are made like most beans. The practice is relatively simple. As long as it is matched with other ingredients, the nutrition and taste of lentils will be fully exerted.