With this cold it is a luxury to have a good plate of warm lentils. Today I propose a child-proof version: some lentils with hidden vegetables, crushed, for those little ones who spend more than 10 minutes removing bits of vegetables from their plates.

The advantage of shredding the vegetables is that it will provide thickness to the broth and we will not have to incorporate anything else to get the perfect texture. We will obtain a legume dish that barely has fat, just a drizzle of olive oil that we will add once we have everything ready.

In case you have doubts about how to cook the legume (with cold or hot water, putting it or not before soaking it ...) I leave you this link: How to Cook Dried Legumes Correctly.

Lentils with vegetables (hidden)

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A low-fat, child-resistant plate of lentils with vegetables.

ascen jimenez

Kitchen: cuisine
Recipe type: vegetables
Calories: 300
Rations: 6-8

Cooking time: 3H
Total time: 3H

Ingredients

500 g of lentils
55 g of yellow pepper
160 g carrot
1 potato
60 g of celery
100 g pumpkin
1 or 2 bay leaves
Water (approximately 1 liter)
Sal Island
A dash of extra virgin olive oil

Preparation

We soak the lentils 1 or 2 hours before starting the recipe.
We wash and, if necessary, peel the vegetables.
We drain the lentils and put them in a saucepan. Add all the vegetables, in large pieces, and cover with water.
We put the pot on the fire and cook (with the lid on). From time to time we remove the lid and add more water if we consider it necessary. We will need between one and two hours, depending on the lentils used. The best way to know if they are cooked is to taste them from time to time.
When the legume is done we put part of the vegetables (I, for example, do not put all the celery or all the carrot - in the blender glass and crush it. Be careful, we never have to crush the laurel. What vegetables to mash If, for example, we do not like celery very much, we do not mash it, or we do not put all the pepper so that it does not give as much flavor ...
We incorporate that puree into our lentils.
Add the salt, stir with a wooden spoon and keep the saucepan on the fire for a few more minutes.
We pour a splash of oil on them and… Ready to take to the table!