25 Easy Lentil Recipes that are not all Lentil Soup! - Vegan Richa (2024)

FAQs

What are the worm looking things in lentil soup? ›

Those look to be radicles (embryonic stems, the part the root grows from) that have separated from the lentils. If you look closely at the less squished lentils in your soup, you'll probably see some with the radicles still attached.

Eating more lentils may help people maintain a healthy weight or lose weight. Replacing energy-dense (or high calorie) foods with legumes such as lentils can help people prevent or manage obesity and lose weight. Research suggests that regularly eating lentils may help with the management and prevention of diabetes.

If you happen to run out of the legume when making a hearty lentil soup, split peas are the next best thing. With both lentils and split peas coming from the legume family, they can be used almost interchangeably. Although they look alike, they're grown and cultivated in different ways.

Brown and green lentils have a nutty, earthy taste. I most often cook with brown lentils, using them in dishes along side root vegetables, like carrots and potatoes. They're also a great vegan ingredient to include in veggie burgers and vegan meatloaf. Red lentils are sweeter and more mild in flavor.

A weevil is a small beetle that feeds on foods like flour, grain, rice, cereal, nuts, and beans. Unlike other pantry pests that strictly eat food, weevils lay eggs inside the food. These eggs then hatch, and the larvae eat the remainder of the food until they are fully grown.

The grey foam that forms on top of a pan of lentils is. caused by a substance in the beans called saponins. Remove the foam as soon as possible because it may. cause uric acid and other digestive issues.

Eating about 3/4 cup (130 grams) each day of these foods known as pulses led to a weight loss of 0.34 kilograms (just over half a pound), in a systematic review and meta-analysis of all available clinical trials on the effects of eating pulses.

Lentils are rich in a type of fiber that helps your digestive system work as it should and fuels good bacteria in your gut. Fiber may also help reduce the risk of colorectal cancer. “Fiber plays an important role in regulating our bowels and protecting the immune system,” says Homan.

However, it's worth bearing in mind – if you are planning on eating lentils every day – that the fibre they contain can be difficult to break down and can potentially cause gas and cramping if you eat too much of it.

Tempeh is another fairly universal replacement. Like tofu, it tends to work with all flavors and cuisines. It's also a great replacement for sturdy lentils and split peas (brown, black, green--anything but red lentils which are soft and mushy) since tempeh can be crumbled into little hard bits like lentils.

Why do lentils not agree with me? ›

If you eat fiber-rich lentils regularly, they can cause gas and bloating. If you are sensitive to fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides and polyol (FODMAP) foods, lentils can cause discomfort, as well as bloating and gas in the colon.

Lentil stew: You can substitute chickpeas, black beans, or kidney beans for the lentils in lentil stew.

Beer and Wine

Isinglass, a gelatin-based substance derived from fish, is used as a clarifying agent in some beer and wine. Other non-vegan ingredients sometimes used are casein (from milk) and egg whites.

Black Lentils (Beluga lentils)

Best of all, black lentils are the most nutritious variety of lentils, boasting the highest amount of protein, plus high levels of calcium, potassium, and iron.

Lentil protein, like other pulse proteins, is a good source of the essential amino acids, particularly leucine, lysine, threonine, and phenylalanine, but is deficient in the sulfur-containing essential amino acids methionine and cysteine (Table 11.1).

Cutworms overwinter in the soil as pupae. Larvae emerge from the pupae in the spring and feed on new plants. The mature larvae are up to 46 mm long, smooth and ranges from purplish to brown in colour. Patterned with grey lines and spots.

That white worm is most likely an Indian Meal Moth larvae. Even though it's kinda gross the experts say you are unlikely to get ill from eating on since they are not know to carry or transmit any diseases.

White worms found in trashcans, decaying or rotten food, stagnant pools of water, or animal droppings are fly larvae. These worm-like larvae are also referred to as maggots. Flies will lay their eggs in a moist area near a plentiful amount of food for the larvae.

Ascochyta blight and anthracnose are the two most important diseases followed by botrytis grey mould, sclerotinia white mould, and stemphylium blight. These diseases become most problematic from flowering to maturity.