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Lentils - part one

March 22nd, 2011 at 10:09 am

I have found a lot of information on lentils over the years. For the past 10 years I have been researching different foods then collecting as many recipes that I can on that one ingredient. Lentils was one ingredient that I covered more than once in 2000, 2005 and now in 2011 with this collection of links.

I will posts few recipes from the old collection notes in another post. When you look into some old cookbooks you usually only find about 2 or 3 recipes in about every third cookbook that you look at, so to find over a 100 recipes each time without the internet for the first year and now I can do it without typing up one recipes. I haven't tried everyone but the ones that I liked I make all the time.

What we call red lentils here are called in on one of these links Orange Lentils (Hulled & Split) and I have seen whole red lentils with brown skin here called brown lentils so it can be confusing. I buy most of my lentils in Indian grocery shops.

As for low GI /GL (Glycemic Index /Glycemic load) latest in 2011 on lentils.
Note: Grams (g) is the serving size.

Red dried, boiled - 125g - 26 GI- 5 GL- 18 carbs
Red dried, split, boiled 25 mins- 125g - 21 GI- 3 GL- 15 carbs
Green dried, boiled -125g - 30 GI- 5 GL- 17 carbs
Brown canned, 80g - 42 GI- 5 GL- 13 carbs
Green canned, 135g - 48 GI- 8 GL- 17 carbs

From 'Low GI Diet Shopper's Guide 2011'

Text is glycemic index and Link is http://www.glycemicindex.com/
glycemic index

So lentils are helpful in lowing glucose levels for diabetes. For me it's Learn to love Lentils.

These are all new links on lentils.
Text is Lentils information and Link is http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=52
Lentils information

Text is all about lentils and Link is http://www.recipetips.com/kitchen-tips/t--975/all-about-lentils.asp
all about lentils

Text is Nutrition Facts - lentils and Link is http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/legumes-and-legume-products/4338/2
Nutrition Facts - lentils

Text is 226 lentils recipes and Link is http://cgi.fatfree.com/cgi-bin/fatfree/recipes.cgi?lentils
226 lentils recipes

These two recipes look interesting.
Recipes
Text is Cumin Pears, Carrot, Tofu & Lentil Strudel and Link is http://aww.ninemsn.com.au/food/freshtv/790764/cumin-pears-carrot-tofu-lentil-strudel
Cumin Pears, Carrot, Tofu & Lentil Strudel
Text is Chickpea & Lentil Tabouhli Salad with Poached Chicken and Link is http://aww.ninemsn.com.au/food/freshtv/791679/chickpea-lentil-tabouhli-salad-with-poached-chicken
Chickpea & Lentil Tabouhli Salad with Poached Chicken

2 Responses to “Lentils - part one ”

  1. Joan.of.the.Arch Says:
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    I'm going to take some time with your links. We can get different kinds of lentils, most of them labeled "garam" in bulk. I see "garam" in different colors, but some of them are not flat, nor what I call lentils. Some of them seem to be a kind of de-skinned "split pea" and come in various colors. But so do the flat lentils.

  2. Tightwad Kitty Says:
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    All I can find via Google on Garam ......garam marsala which is a spice mix.

    looking at first 20 pages of 16,000,000 links.

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