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½ cup lentils. 1 bay leaf. 1 Tbsp. freshly chopped parsley. Salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste. 2¼ cups vegetable stock or water. Related: 18 High-Protein Lentil Dinners You'll Want to ...
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The standard preparation begins with boiling a variety of dal (or a mix) in water with some turmeric, salt to taste, and then adding a fried garnish at the end of the cooking process. [18] In some recipes, tomatoes, kokum , unripe mango , jaggery , or other ingredients are added while cooking the dal, often to impart a sweet-sour flavour.
The lentil (Vicia lens or Lens culinaris) is a legume; it is an annual plant grown for its lens-shaped edible seeds, also called lentils. It is about 40 cm (16 in) tall, and the seeds grow in pods, usually with two seeds in each. Lentil seeds are used around the world for culinary purposes.
Lentil soup is mentioned in the Bible: in Genesis 25:30-34, Esau is prepared to give up his birthright for a pot of fragrant red lentil soup being cooked by his brother, Jacob. In Jewish tradition, lentil soup has been served at times of mourning; the roundness of the lentil represents a complete cycle of life. [4]
Early recommendations for the quantity of water required for maintenance of good health suggested that six to eight glasses of water daily is the minimum to maintain proper hydration. [49] However, the notion that a person should consume eight glasses of water per day cannot be traced to a credible scientific source. [ 50 ]
The transpiration ratio is the ratio of the mass of water transpired to the mass of dry matter produced; the transpiration ratio of crops tends to fall between 200 and 1000 (i.e., crop plants transpire 200 to 1000 kg of water for every kg of dry matter produced). [10]
Kayu (粥), or often okayu (お粥) is the name for the type of congee eaten in Japan, [25] which typically uses water to rice ratios of 5:1 or 7:1 and is cooked for about 30 minutes. There are recipes that use a water to rice ratio of up to 20:1. [26] Kayu may be made with just rice and water, and is often seasoned with salt.