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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

Confit duck with lentils and sugar-glazed carrots

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

by Imad Alarnab

Italian veggie balls

Christmas veggie Wellington

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Coconut dal with kidney beans

Brown dal

by Nadiya Hussain

Lentil burgers with carrot pickle and peanut sauce

by Matt Tebbutt

Pork, lentil and veg sausage rolls

by Tom Kerridge

Mujaddarah

Persian noodle soup

by Nigel Slater

Light meals & snacks

Harira soup

by The Karim Family

Chicken tikka salad

by Fiona Hunter

Light meals & snacks

Moroccan chicken and lentils

by Michel Roux Jr.

Lentil, cherry tomato and feta salad

by Fiona Hunter

Light meals & snacks

Braised lentils

by Nigel Slater

Other lentils

Green lentil

Puy lentils

Red lentil

Urid dal

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