Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, spring lentil salad (vegan). One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Spring Lentil Salad (Vegan) is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Spring Lentil Salad (Vegan) is something which I have loved my entire life.
Warm lentil salad is a protein-packed alternative side dish to starchy potatoes or rice. For a pretty presentation, pack the salad in small ramekins, then invert onto plates and garnish with a cucumber slice and a halved cherry tomato. A delicious, healthy, Greek-inspired lentil salad recipe, loaded up with spring veggies, lemon and fresh mint served over optional yogurt sauce.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have spring lentil salad (vegan) using 20 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Spring Lentil Salad (Vegan):
- Make ready 1 cup dry raw green lentils
- Make ready 2 medium sized tomatoes cubed
- Prepare 4-5 shallots chopped coarsely
- Make ready 1 large cucumber diced
- Prepare 1 apple (I used red apples)
- Make ready Few sprigs of mint
- Take 2 tbsps finely chopped mint
- Prepare 2 tsps freshly squeezed lemon juice
- Take Few walnuts (as per your liking)
- Prepare Dry chia seeds for garnish
- Prepare 2 medium sized potatoes par boiled and unpeeled
- Take 3 cups stock (any flavor)
- Prepare 2 tsps sweet paprika powder
- Make ready 2 garlic cloves
- Prepare Some olive oil
- Prepare Salt as per taste
- Prepare For the sauce
- Take 3 tbsps good quality Balsamic vinegar
- Prepare 1 tbsp honey
- Get 1 tbsp dijon mustard
Not because it's a salad - we've made some wicked ones. Lentil salad recipes very commonly contain feta cheese. For this vegan lentil salad, we're obviously avoiding that. If you'd love to whip up a batch of my vegan almond feta, it makes for a lovely addition this dish.
Steps to make Spring Lentil Salad (Vegan):
- Preheat the oven to 250°C
- While the oven is being preheated, add lentils and stock of your choice on a casserole and cook it for at least 13 mins. Depending on your lentils, you would have to keep a watch. The goal is to cook the lentils al dente. Some lentils like whole moong might take as long as 20 mins until al dente.
- Meanwhile, in an oven tray, place your unpeeled parboiled potatoes. Sprinkle some salt and paprika. Add roughly crushed garlic, a dash of olive oil and give it a nice mix with your hands. Put the potatoes in the oven and let them bake for at least 15 mins.
- While the potatoes are getting baked, you can work on the other ingredients. Take the cubed apples and sprinkle some lemon juice on them and keep them aside in the fridge for at least 5 mins.
- Once the lentils are cooked, strain out the water and leave them out to cool. Once they are nicely cooked down and dried up, throw in all the chopped vegetables and apples. Give it a nice gentle toss and keep your salad bowl in the fridge.
- Take out the potatoes from the oven. Squish them lightly so that they break a little. Throw in a dash of balsamic vinegar and put them back for another 15 mins. You want to cook them until they become crunchy and golden.
- For the sauce, mix all the ingredients together and voila!
- Once your potatoes are baked. It's time to start plating! Toss your salad in a bowl, garnish with chia seeds and nuts. Add the baked potatoes and some mint leaves. Sprinkle some sauce and you won't regret it!
However, you really won't miss the feta here because kalamata olives provide a tangy flavor. Rainbow Power Greens Salad with Black Eyed Peas. Hemp Seed Dressing With A Spring Salad. Spruce up your spring salad with French lentils and shredded radishes, along with a few other fresh veggies and herbs. Spring Farro Salad with Roasted Garlic Vinaigrette
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