Oh FGS - how do you drain your cooked lentils enough........

[alwayslookingforanswers]

so that your burgers/loaf/whatever does stay like mush??

I made burgers a few months back ad they were practically falling apart as the cooked lentils were still too "wet"

Making loaf now - and I already know it's going to come out like mush instead of a nice firm loaf. I left the (cooked) lentils to drain for AGES - but they're still too sodding wet.

[alwayslookingforanswers]

"don't" stay like mush that should read

[moondog]

How odd. What kind are you using? They tend to firm up as they cool too.

[alwayslookingforanswers]

using red split lentils (think these are Morrisons ones?).

It's turned out like stodge - spent all bloody afternoon in the kitchen as well with it

[alwayslookingforanswers]

tasty stodge is should be said - but stodge none the less.

[Mummy2day]

Drain them on kitchen roll!

[alwayslookingforanswers]

left them draining in a sieve for just over an hour - they were still really stodgy.

Maybe I'm overcooking them??

[moondog]

Fry with some onion and garlic-will bind it, but if not, add some flour.

[Restrainedrabbit]

use green or puy lentils Red ones go like sludge.

[alwayslookingforanswers]

yes sludge is a very apt word - that's just what they looked like while draining - and what the "loaf" looked like once served up.