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the protein you can store for years, then cook in fifteen minutes flat
means A small, lens-shaped edible seed of a legume plant, eaten dried and cooked as a staple pulse across much of the world.
from From Latin 'lenticula,' a diminutive of 'lens,' meaning the lentil seed itself — so the optical 'lens' is named after the lentil, not the other way around. Because the seed is flat and curved on both sides, early lens-makers borrowed the bean's name for the shape of polished glass. English took 'lentil' through Old French 'lentille,' keeping the little Latin diminutive intact: literally a 'little lens' you can eat.
- ancient diet
- Eaten by humans for over 10,000 years
- no soaking
- Cooks faster than nearly every other legume
- tomb find
- Found inside Egyptian pharaohs' burial chambers
- protein punch
- Roughly 25 percent protein by dry weight
- name origin
- Latin word lens, the optic lens, is named after it
red lentil dal — staple dish in india, pakistan, and bangladesh made from red lentils with spices
canadian prairie lentils — canada produces 25% of world's lentils, mainly in saskatchewan
egyptian koshari — popular street food in cairo made with lentils, rice, pasta, and tomato sauce