Selected Natural Black Lentils

Black Lentils

ORIGIN : Canada

Black lentils have a delicate, sweet and very particular taste. These legumes, like all the others, contain excellent nutritional qualities in their fruit and are often recommended in our diet for their supply of proteins and iron. In general, lentils are also a very energetic food, being made up of over 50% carbohydrates, around 20% proteins and the remaining part water, fibre, which help regulate the activity of the intestine and keep blood cholesterol under control and very few fats. They also have high levels of iron, higher than in meat, and mineral salts such as potassium and magnesium.

In these legumes we also find the presence of B vitamins, fundamental for regulating the metabolism and folic acid, useful for the proper functioning of the nervous system and especially for pregnant women. Isoflavonoids, antioxidants present on the other hand, are useful for counteracting organic aging processes.

In the kitchen, especially in winter, it is possible to prepare excellent soups and stews based on lentils, possibly combined with cereals and vegetables.

“Black lentil and chard soup” is one of the best-known recipes and is made as a simple soup (so after browning the onion, celery and carrots, adding the water and spices, it is cooked until complete), adding at the end fresh parsley and pan-fried chard. Simply fry them for a few minutes in garlic and chilli and add them to the dish along with a drizzle of oil.