Middle Eastern Lentils Recipes

"the lemon and mint are the secret to giving these basic lentils their middle eastern flavor."

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Ingredients: feta cheese, fresh mint...

"Truly, a wonderful soup!"

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Ingredients: cinnamon, fresh cilantro...

"I grew up eating this- usually every Friday, because my family doesn't eat meat on Fridays. Its so good, I personally consider it comfort food. Its healthy, simple, and full of fiber! I often eat leftovers in a sandwich with veggies. Goes well with olives, pita bread, raw onion, celery, carrots, lettuce."

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Ingredients: brown lentils, olive oil...

"This recipe first appeared as part of a "meatless week-night meal" in the November, 2003 Bon Appetit. Originally posted by Mean Chef. Vegans can omit the yogurt."

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Ingredients: ground cumin, cucumbers...

"Oh, yum, yum...I bought a big bottle of whole cloves at Sam's a while ago and found this recipe to use them. It is fantastic. I pretty much followed it exactly, except for the garlic change. I also added two diced Roma tomatoes. It is very healthy--low fat, with only 2 tsp olive oil!!--and authentic-tasting."

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Ingredients: cloves, ground cumin...

"I adapted this recipe from one for lentil soup, and called it Turkish because of the Urfa Pepper I used in it, which I found in my local Turkish grocery store. You could also use chilli flakes. If you want to use lentils instead of the peas, you can easily do so and your cooking time will be shorter. You also won't need quite as much water as you do..."

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Ingredients: pepper, yellow split peas...

"A Chatelaine Food Express Quickies recipe. This could be a side dish salad or a light vegetarian entree. Posted for ZWT6"

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Ingredients: coriander, goat cheese...

"This soup is served in a little Turkish storefront take out place near my home. I have not found red lentils yet, so I use regular dried lentils (brown) from my grocery store. Also please note, the longer the crushed red pepper flakes are cooked, the hotter and spicier the soup will be, so use your judgment!"

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Ingredients: ground cumin, salt & freshly ground black pepper...

"A healthy meatless pasta....But one everyone seems to enjoy it."

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Ingredients: extra virgin olive oil, fresh thyme...

"This comes from my Moosewood Low-Fat cookbook. I think this could be OAMC and/or made in the crock pot."

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Ingredients: cinnamon, dried split yellow peas...

"Makhlouta is a delicious filling soup which has been made traditionally in Lebanon for hundreds of years - usually it has 7 main pulse/grain ingredients. This is the pressure cooker method but you can do it the traditional way using a large pot & simmer the soup until the lentils, beans & chick peas are tender. Feel free to add some stock /..."

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Ingredients: dried garbanzo beans, dried black beans...