Beetroot Lentil Salad
This Fresh Beetroot and Lentil salad is a seriously amazing and delicious meal for any occasion. It’s so rich and deep in so many flavours and also quite easy to make.
Ingredients
- 3-4 medium size fresh beetroot
- 1 cup dry green lentils
- 1 handful red currants/ other sour berries
- 1 tsp cumin
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 tbsp olive oil
Dressing
- leaves from one beetroot
- 1 handful dill
- 1 handful fresh mint
- 3 cloves garlic
- 1 lemon juice
- 1 handful pine nuts
- ½ tsp salt
Instructions
- Wash and cut beetroot into wedges.
- Trasfer them to the baking sheet and drizzle with olive oil, cumin and salt.
- Massage it in to beetroot and bake in the 200C oven for about 30 minutes until tender and slightly crispy.
- Boil the green lentils with some salt and drain when it's cooked.
- Make the dressing by blending all the dressing ingreedients.
- Combine the beetroot, lentils and the dressing and toss well.
- Serve it with some red currants and fresh mint on top. Enjoy!