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French Green Lentil Salad with Coconut Lime Dressing

by on August 8, 2011 in Bean Salads, Salads August 8, 2011 Bean SaladsSalads
See post on Terri @ that's some good cookin'’s site!
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A taste of Thai meets a taste of Indian in this delicious and unusual lentil salad.

Ingredients

  • FOR THE LENTILS:
  • 2 cups Dry French Green Lentils
  • 1 cup Seeded, Diced Tomatoes
  • ½ whole Yellow Pepper, Small Dice
  • 1 bunch Green Onions, Sliced On The Diagonal
  • ¼ cups Chopped Cilantro
  • ½ teaspoons Salt, Plus More For Cooking The Lentils
  • ¼ teaspoons Ground Black Pepper
  • FOR THE DRESSING:
  • 1 cup Coconut Milk (not Light)
  • ¼ cups Fresh Lime Juice (about 2 Limes) + Zest From One Of The Limes
  • 2 Tablespoons Tomato Paste
  • 1 teaspoon Brown Sugar
  • ½ teaspoons Sea Salt
  • ½ teaspoons Garam Masala (in The Spice Aisle)
  • ¼ teaspoons Ground Black Pepper
  • ¼ teaspoons Freshly Grated Ginger (optional)
  • ⅛ teaspoons Red Pepper Flakes (optional)

Preparation

In a colander, wash lentils under cool running water. Remove any foreign debris.

Put lentils in a 3-quart sauce pot and add enough cool water to cover lentils by 1 or more inches. Add some salt, bring lentils to a simmer and cook until just tender (about 25 minutes).

When done, drain in a colander and rinse again. Put into a large mixing bowl and add the remainder of ingredients. Stir gently to combine.

Dress with Coconut Lime Dressing before serve or serve the dressing separately.

For the dressing:
Put all ingredients into a blender and blitz until smooth.

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Finnin on 8.12.2011

Thanks for your fast answer and please, don’t worry! I just wanted to ask to be sure :)

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Terri @ that's some good cookin' on 8.12.2011

Oh dear. I did write that very poorly, didn’t I? It should read ‘zest of one lime’. So, zest one of the two limes from which you will be juicing for the dressing. The zest is added to the dressing as well as the lime juice. I need to change the recipe to read with clearer instructions. Thank you so much for calling this to my attention. How embarrassing to have written the instructions so poorly.

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Finnin on 8.12.2011

Hi!
I’d love to try your salad but I’m not quite sure about one ingredient… In “1 whole Lime, Zested”, do you mean the zest or the lemon to be put in the dressing? Sorry for that stupid question – I’m really looking forward to that salad, it must be delicous!
Greetings from Germany!

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Melissa on 3.19.2012

THIS IS AWESOME! I was hunting for a nice lentil salad for dinnertonight and this was perfect! One thing, it seems to me, from the recipe, that it should be warm, but I wanted a cold salad…so I made it cold and it was delish. I made extra so I can have it for lunch. I thought it will be good tomorrow wrapped in lettuce! YUM!

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