Lebanese Lentil Salad with Garlic and Herbs

Ingredients

• Lentils

  Sprouted, raw

  1 cup or 77g

• Olive oil

  Salad or cooking

  5 tbsp or 68g

• Garlic

  2 cloves raw - Whole Foods Market

  12 cloves, raw or 36g

• Peppermint

  Fresh

  ¾ cup or 19g

• Parsley

  Raw

  ¾ cup or 45g

• Lemons

  Raw, with peel

  1 fruit without seeds or 108g

• Cumin

  Spices, cumin seed

  1 ½ tsp, ground or 5g

• Allspice

  Spices, ground

  ¼ tsp or 0.5g

• Salt

  Table

  1 dash or 0.4g

• Pepper

  Spices, black

  1 dash or 0.1g

Directions

1. Rinse lentils and pick out broken ones or any small stones. Put lentils in small pan with 3 cups water, bring to a boil, then simmer gently until lentils are tender, about 25-30 minutes. (Actual cooking time will depend on the freshness of the lentils. Older lentils will take longer to cook.)
2. While lentils cook, very finely minced 10-12 fresh garlic cloves. Heat 2-3 T olive oil in small frying pan, add garlic, and cook over very low heat until garlic is very fragrant but barely starting to get some color, about 7-8 minutes. Turn off heat.
3. While garlic cooks, finely chop desired amount of fresh mint and parsley. Whisk together lemon juice, other 2 T olive oil, ground cumin and ground allspice.
4. When lentils are tender, drain well and transfer to a bowl. Turn heat back on under pan with the garlic, add lemon juice dressing mixture and heat about 1 minute. Pour heated dressing over the lentils, then gently stir to combine so all the lentils are well-coated with the dressing. (You can let it cool a little at this point if the lentils are pretty hot.)
5. Stir in fresh herbs, then season the salad well with salt and fresh ground black pepper. Serve warm or at room temperature.
6. This salad will keep in the fridge for a day or two, but leftovers will taste best if you let them come to room temperature. You may want to add some fresh squeezed lemon juice to brighten the flavor when you eat it.
7. Recipe by: Kalyn Denny for (source: https://kalynskitchen.com/recipe-for-lebanese-lentil-salad-with/)

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