🥙 Middle Eastern Vegetarian

Lentils Pickles

Name: Lentils Pickles
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 8 min
Total time: 23 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Ingredients: to taste Salt; 1/2, thinly sliced Onion; 4 cloves Garlic; 1, juiced Lemon; 3 tbsp Olive Oil; 200 ml Vinegar; handful, torn Fresh Parsley; 250 g Lentils

🥙 Middle Eastern

Sharp, crunchy quick pickles with lentils — the mezze table's essential counterpoint. 23 minutes of mostly hands-off cooking.

Prep 15 min Cook 8 min Serves 2 Easy

Ingredients

Saltto taste
Onion1/2, thinly sliced
Garlic4 cloves
Lemon1, juiced
Olive Oil3 tbsp
Vinegar200 ml
Fresh Parsleyhandful, torn
Lentils250 g

Instructions

1
Whisk the lemon juice with the olive oil, salt and pepper for a bright, simple dressing.
2
Prepare the lentils — slice, shred or cube it so every forkful gets some.
3
Toss the lentils with the onion, fresh parsley and the dressing just before serving.
4
Let it sit 5 minutes so the flavours marry, then taste and add another squeeze of lemon if it needs lift.

Chef's tip

Let the dish rest 5 minutes off the heat before serving so the flavours settle.

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Watch how it's made

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