Cooking Lentils

Extremely versatile and easy to cook, lentils do not need soaking before use. They provide the cook with a wonderfully diverse range of textures.

Lentils are hard even when fresh, so they are always sold dried, and, unlike most other pulses, they do not need soaking. When cooking, they do not need to absorb all the liquid in the pan; they can be treated in a similar way to pasta.