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A question about lentils in a slow cooker...
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Hi IlonaRN,
Red lentils don't need to be soaked, just cooked. I just throw them into the slow cooker and they're absolutely fine. I don't know why one packet says to soak them.
These earlier threads may help:
Lentils - to soak or not?
A question about lentils in a slow cooker...
red lentils
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I don't soak any lentils BUT if I am using them in the SC then I boil them for a short time. I never find they are soft enough for me if I chuck them in "raw".I have a gift for enraging people, but if I ever bore you it'll be with a knife
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hi ilona,
try only adding salt or stock at the end of cooking though, as salt can harden the outsides of the pulses before the inside cooks iyswim?
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There are different types of red lentils - but I can't tell the difference (sorry!) Some I bought recently just disintegrated when I added them to a curry - but it didn't really matter; they thickened it up, but didn't give it any "bulk".
Other lentils take ages to cook.
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