Hello everybody, it’s me, Dave, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, spring lentil salad (vegan). It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
This warm, vegan spring lentil salad is the perfect spring dish! It's a fresh, healthy, delicious salad that's loaded with spring vegetables, lemon, and fresh mint leaves. This salad is vegan, uses only whole foods, plant-based ingredients, is naturally gluten-free, and potentially very budget-friendly! Depending on your lentils, you would have to keep a watch.
Spring Lentil Salad (Vegan) is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They are fine and they look wonderful. Spring Lentil Salad (Vegan) is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have spring lentil salad (vegan) using 20 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Spring Lentil Salad (Vegan):
- Make ready 1 cup dry raw green lentils
- Prepare 2 medium sized tomatoes cubed
- Prepare 4-5 shallots chopped coarsely
- Get 1 large cucumber diced
- Get 1 apple (I used red apples)
- Make ready Few sprigs of mint
- Get 2 tbsps finely chopped mint
- Make ready 2 tsps freshly squeezed lemon juice
- Take Few walnuts (as per your liking)
- Take Dry chia seeds for garnish
- Take 2 medium sized potatoes par boiled and unpeeled
- Make ready 3 cups stock (any flavor)
- Take 2 tsps sweet paprika powder
- Get 2 garlic cloves
- Make ready Some olive oil
- Take Salt as per taste
- Make ready For the sauce
- Get 3 tbsps good quality Balsamic vinegar
- Take 1 tbsp honey
- Take 1 tbsp dijon mustard
This salad is an ode to those new green things everywhere: hearty and filling lentils combined with lots (really lots!) of fresh herbs and vegetables with a light dressing. This is definitely the kind of salad that is easily customizable to your own tastes and the contents of your fridge. Add the lentils to a saucepan along with the vegetable broth. Bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer.
Instructions 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!
Add the lentils to a saucepan along with the vegetable broth. Bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer. They are all super healthy, light and so colorful! If you're planning your vegan Easter feast, you're in the right place!. Fresh and Easy Green Lentil Salad by Natasha from Salt and Lavender.
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