French Lentil Salad
Ingredients
- 1 cup French du Puy lentils
- ½ red onion
- 3 carrots
- ½ cup soaked or roasted almonds 70g
- 1 ½ Tbsp. cumin seeds
- 1 tsp. chili flakes
- 2 Tbsp. lemon juice
- 2 Tbsp. olive oil
- handful of parsley
- handful mint
- 1 tsp. honey
- 2 tsp. sea salt and black pepper
Directions
- Directions:
- Rinse lentils, place them in a pot and cover with water. Bring to a boil, reduce to simmer and cook until tender (about 20 minutes)
- While lentils are cooking, make dressing by whisking together olive oil, lemon juice, chili, honey, salt and pepper in a large bowl.
- Julienne or ribbon-slice the carrots with a vegetable peeler and place in the bowl with dressing, toss to coat.
- Roughly chop almonds. If you haven’t sprouted them, lightly toast almonds in a dry skillet over medium heat until fragrant. Roughly chop.
- When the lentils are cooked, drain well and add to the bowl, stirring well to coat. Add chopped mint and parsley. Drizzle with more olive oil and serve.
Notes
yields 4-5 servings
