Puy lentil, red onion & herb salad

Puy lentil, red onion & herb salad

A light but filling side dish that would be great for a barbecue

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 8

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 30 minutes

Vegetarian

Vegetarian, Vegan, Gluten-free

Method

  1. Put the onion in a bowl with the lemon juice, sugar, cumin and garlic. Toss and leave to marinate for 10 minutes. Cook the lentils until just tender, rinse and drain.
  2. Toss with the onion mix, season well then add the herbs and toss again.

Per serving

123 kcalories, protein 9.4g, carbohydrate 20.7g, fat 0.8 g, saturated fat 0g, fibre 3.5g, salt 0.02 g

Recipe from olive magazine, August 2009.

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  • Binder photo EPR

    30 August 2009

    EPR commented on this recipe

    I've made this a few times now on a Sunday to accompany a roast chicken. I used shallots instead of red onion and slightly less lemon as when I did the recipe with 2 lemons it was very tart. Overall a fab recipe and I will continue making it.

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    30 August 2009

    EPR rated this recipe

    4 stars

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  • 30 June 2010

    Aoife commented on this recipe

    This recipe was lovely but I agree with EPR above - two lemons was too much. I'd suggest using one lemon for the marinade then serving the salad with a little lemon slice so each diner could choose to make their salad more zingy. I also gave the option for the meat eaters among us to add some gently fried chorizo and a bit of crumbled feta to the dish. Twas nom.

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  • 30 June 2010

    Aoife rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    Forgot the star ratings. Took away two for the misguided lemon overdose :)

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    Katie rated this recipe

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  • 23 September 2010

    bethan rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Lovely salad but I echo what others said about the lemon.

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  • Binder photo Tom

    05 April 2013

    Tom rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Really nice salad. Be sensible with the amount of lemon you want to eat and then you'll enjoy it!

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 8

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 30 minutes

Vegetarian

Vegetarian, Vegan, Gluten-free

Ingredients

  • 1 small red onion , halved and finely sliced
  • 2 lemons , juiced
  • 2 tsp golden caster sugar
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • 1 garlic clove , crushed
  • 300g Puy lentils
  • small bunch coriander , leaves picked
  • small bunch parsley , leaves picked
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Per serving

123 kcalories, protein 9.4g, carbohydrate 20.7g, fat 0.8 g, saturated fat 0g, fibre 3.5g, salt 0.02 g

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