Tin of Green lentils - found lurking any ideas?

[gem1981]

I have had a cupboard clear out and I have found tin of green lenils that i have no idea what to do with

does anyone have any ideas?

thanks ladies.

They make a good salad with a bit of crispy bacon/lardons and dressing. Sometimes I add a tin of chopped aubergine hearts or some red pepper.

Good for iron and roughage.

You can also add them to stews/bolognese/chilli/curry. A quick supper for us is a tin of lentils and a Lloyd Grossman curry sauce, plus other vegs. I like his sauces because the ingredient list isn't full of rubbish.

fry with onions tomatoes and a glug of red wine. nice with sauasages.

Doorstop?

Fry onions, garlic and chilli, add lentils and chopped toms
Called "spicy lentils" here, served with rice, quick and easy

I do what SPB suggested, but they are also very nice mixed with some sauteed chopped onions and garlic and lots of chopped spinach, and then used to fill little pastry parsels or as a filling for vege lasagne.

Or, Kosheri, an Egyptian recipe here (warning: Carb overload):

Cook some short grain rice with a tbsp of ghee (Egyptians love the stuff, I leave it out)
Also cook some macaroni or other small pasta shapes
Make up a tomato sauce with onion, garlic and a tin of tomatoes, lots of pepper, 1 tspn sugar.

Finely slice some onions and cook them gently in veg. oil until really crispy and cooked but not burnt (I always burn them )

Now, serve! Pile some rice onto each plate, then the macaroni on top, then the tomato cause and then the lentils. Sprinkle with the fried onions and shake a bottle of tobasco sauce over the top.

Absolutely delicious, always reminds me of my childhood. Lovely carby comfort food.

If you find some cod lurking in your freezer, you could try this, it tastes great...

Pan fry some cod fillets, keep warm.
Chop some chorizo into small pieces and fry, with some chopped up spring onions, garlic clove, chopped. When chorizo has browned, add some chopped peppers from a jar, drained can of green lentils, some lemon juice and some chopped parsley.
Eat with the cod - scrummy!

oh I do that stirlingmum, but I also add spinach and lots of lemon juice!

It's just about my fav meal at the moment

try it with salmon too then, works really well!

fry an onion

stick a teaspoon of cumin and half of turmeric in

chop up some fresh tomatoes and cook them for a minute or two

chuck in your drained lentils

serve on a naan bread

oooooohhhhh thanks!

loads of lovely ideas here

shame i have only got one tin !!!

Fry in a pan with onions garlic and chopped smokey bacon salt and pepper, add a glass of red wine, then serve with a poached egg on top, lovely!