Oriental lentil date salad with aspermille turmeric and dates
Preparation time for 4 persons: approx. 30 min - Degree of difficulty: easy
Vegan - Lactose-free - Gluten-free - With vegetarian option feta cheese
Ingredients Salad:
- 250g brown lentils
- 250g beluga lentils
- 1 fine leek
- 2 carrots
- 8 dates
- 1 apple sweet and sour
- Salt + pepper
- 2 pinches of cinnamon or 1/2 cinnamon stick
- Vegetarian option: feta cheese or feta cubes
Ingredients Dressing:
- 100 ml vegetable stock
- juice of 1 organic lemon
- 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 tsp tahini or almond paste
- 1 tsp turmeric
- juice of soaked dates
- 2 tsp medium hot mustard
- 4 tsp sweet balsamico di crema
- 250g brown lentils
- 250g beluga lentils
- 1 fine leek
- 2 carrots
- 8 dates
- 1 apple sweet and sour
- Salt + pepper
- 2 pinches of cinnamon or 1/2 cinnamon stick
- Vegetarian option: feta cheese or feta cubes
Ingredients Dressing:
- 100 ml vegetable stock
- juice of 1 organic lemon
- 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 tsp tahini or almond paste
- 1 tsp turmeric
- juice of soaked dates
- 2 tsp medium hot mustard
- 4 tsp sweet balsamico di crema
Preparation Dressing:
Whisk all the ingredients for the dressing and marinate the chopped vegetables in it. Leave to marinate in the fridge for at least two hours, adding feta cheese and fresh herbs if desired.
Preparation of vegetables:
Cook both types of lentils together in vegetable broth with cinnamon for about 30 to 40 minutes, chop dates and soak in hot water for at least two hours,
cut vegetables into shapes as desired and marinate in the finished dressing.