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How to cook lentils (how to cook large lentils is delicious and easy)

1. One cup of lentils goes with two cups of water (500 mL). Pour one cup (250 mL) of lentils that have been sifted into a medium-sized crockpot, then pour in twice as much water.

2. Pour in as much lentils as needed, but make sure the water is twice as much as the lentils.

3. Cook the lentils quickly. Cook the lentils quickly on a medium heat, don't cook them until the water boils for so long.

4. When cooking quickly you will see small bubbles coming up from the bottom of the pot to the surface. And when boiling is there will be big bubbles coming up to the surface like waves. So you have to keep an eye on it while you are doing it and don't cook it for too long.

5. Don't put a lid on the pot while it's boiling.

6. Simmer for 20-30 minutes. Turn the heat to medium or a little lower than medium and start to slowly stew the lentils.

7, in the slow stew, you should only be able to see very small bubbles rising up, you can even see the lentils are also moving, but the magnitude of the movement is very small, so to grasp the fire.

8, cooking time to watch the point at any time, if the water is not enough to add some, but not too much, the water as long as just over the lentil is enough.

9, do not cover when cooking. If you cover the lid, the heat in the pot can not be dispersed, it is difficult to achieve the effect of slow cooking, the last lentil will be cooked paste.

10, if it is to cook the kind of older lentils, time will be longer, and cooking lentils on the skin may come off.