How to Cook Lentils

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In this video, we will show you how to cook lentils in a pot with water on the stovetop.

This cooking method is excellent for using lentils as a side dish, in salads, spreads, stuffings, and centerpiece meals.

WHAT ARE LENTILS?
Lentils are pulses, or the seeds of a legume plant, and belong to the Fabacea family, along with chickpeas, beans, soy, and peanuts.

They are a healthy, affordable, easy-to-cook, and excellent source of fiber, protein, complex carbohydrates, vitamins, folate, iron, potassium, and magnesium.

Humans have enjoyed cooking them in the most creative ways for over seventy thousand years.

INGREDIENTS:
1 cup (200 grams) dry lentils green, brown, black, or French lentils
4 cups (1 liter) water or vegetable broth
1 teaspoon salt
2 bay leaves optional

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