All 68 dishes / Lentils
Two things decide it, and none of them is on the clock. Answer them and the time below is yours.
Drain, then season. Salting early keeps the skins tough.
Red split lentils are hulled — they break down by design and will not hold their shape whatever the timer says. Pick brown, green or puy if you need them intact.
| Which lentils? | How do you want them? | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Red / split (they collapse) | Holding their shape | 15:00 |
| Red / split (they collapse) | Soft, for soup or dal | 19:30 |
| Brown | Holding their shape | 22:30 |
| Brown | Soft, for soup or dal | 29:15 |
| Green | Holding their shape | 25:00 |
| Green | Soft, for soup or dal | 32:30 |
| Puy / beluga | Holding their shape | 25:00 |
| Puy / beluga | Soft, for soup or dal | 32:30 |
The timer above is the same arithmetic Kitchen Sense runs. The part a web page cannot do is the next bit: you say whether it came out right, and the next one is closer. Free, 68 dishes, no account.