Turkish Green Lentil Salad Mercimek Salatası
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Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (152.3 g)
- Calories 219.9
- Total Fat - 7.9 g
- Saturated Fat - 1.1 g
- Cholesterol - 0 mg
- Sodium - 455.4 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 29.1 g
- Dietary Fiber - 12.4 g
- Sugars - 3.1 g
- Protein - 10.1 g
- Calcium - 89.3 mg
- Iron - 3.5 mg
- Vitamin C - 17.1 mg
- Thiamin - 0.3 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Wash the lentils with cold water.
Step 2
Put them in a pot with 4 cups of cold water.
Step 3
Bring to the boil and cook for 10 min.
Step 4
Add the orzo pasta to the pot and continue cooking for 10 minutes.
Step 5
Taste, the lentils shouldn’t be completely soft.
Step 6
Drain everything in a mesh strainer,
Step 7
Then wash with cold water to stop the cooking process.
Step 8
Put the lentils and orzo in a bowl.
Step 9
Finely dice the tomato, spring onion, pickles, parsley and dill.
Step 10
Add to the green lentil salad bowl and stir to combine.
Step 11
Add the olive oil lemon juice and vinegar, season to taste.
Step 12
Mix, taste and adjust accordingly.
Step 13
Adding more oil or vinegar as needed
Step 14
Cover and keep in the fridge overnight
Tips
No special items needed.