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Lentils, Red

Lentils, Red

Product number: 187002
Origin: Asia Minor
Latin: Lens culinaris, also known as Lens esculenta

Red lentils make a beautifully coloured soup! In our country, it is a legume on the rise due to its high nutritional value. It is fun to grow, even though the harvest in our summers is not huge. You are sowing history, as lentils were eaten in "Asia Minor" as early as 9000 BC. For the last 500 years, lentils in Europe have partly been supplanted by peas and are now making a comeback! Cooked lentils are very easy to incorporate into all kinds of dishes; lentil soup is, of course, well-known. As sprout vegetables (sprouts) or microgreens (young plants with leaves), lentils are a rich source of protein and delicious with dishes or in salads.

Denominations:
Latin: Lens culinaris, or also Lens esculenta
Dutch: Rode linzen
Also known as: Lens esculenta
English: Lentils

Sowing method: June outdoors in rows or all year round as sprouts: Rinse the seeds with lukewarm water and soak them for an hour. Drain the water, and rinse the seeds twice a day with lukewarm water. Grow them, for example, in a glass jar or a special sprouting kit. Between rinses, place the jar in a dark & warm spot.

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