How to eat purple lentils

Purple lentils are not common in the market. They are an important member of the lentil family, and their nutritional value is better than other lentils. They contain a large amount of anthocyanins and a variety of flavonoids, which can delay aging and prevent diseases. But how should such good purple lentils be eaten? There are many ways to eat it, and I will show you how to eat it in a while.

Stir-fried purple lentils

1. Fresh and tender purple lentils can be eaten after stir-frying. It has a light bean fragrance and tastes particularly tempting after stir-frying. It is most suitable for vegetarians. When stir-frying, you need to prepare an appropriate amount of purple lentils, a red pepper, an appropriate amount of garlic, and an appropriate amount of cooking oil and salt.

2. Wash the prepared purple lentils and cut them into oblique strips. Cut the red pepper into strips and slice the garlic. Heat oil in a wok and add the garlic slices to stir-fry until fragrant. Then add the purple lentils and red pepper and stir-fry quickly. When they are 80% cooked, add salt to taste and then take out and serve on a plate.

Braised Purple Lentils with Meat

1. Purple lentils are especially delicious when cooked with meat. You need to prepare 500 grams of purple lentils, 150 grams of pork, and appropriate amounts of cooking oil, salt, light soy sauce and MSG.

2. Wash the prepared pork with clean water, remove the water, cut into cubes, add cooking wine, soy sauce and salt and marinate for about half an hour. Pick the purple beans, wash them with clean water, cut them into sections, blanch them in boiling water and then take them out for later use.

3. Heat oil in a wok, then add the scallion and ginger and stir-fry until fragrant. Then add the marinated diced meat and stir-fry quickly. After stir-frying evenly, add the purple lentils. After the purple lentils are cooked through, add salt and MSG to season. After mixing evenly, it can be eaten directly from the pan.

4. When stir-frying purple beans, blanch them in boiling water for a few minutes in advance. This will allow them to absorb the flavor faster and be cooked faster. It can also effectively remove the toxic components in the purple beans, reducing the chance of food poisoning after human consumption.