Green Lentils

Lentils are a very rich source of vital nutrients in our meals. Lentils can make a delectable meal when partnered with stews and soups. All across the Middle East as far Asia, lentils are ready go-to diets for their sumptuous protein content and fiber composition. Lentils share large similarity with beans although if you measure beans against lentil on the basis of size, beans come on top with lentils some kind of flatter. Lentil as much as are rich are really diverse with a berth of variety cutting across red, green and brown lentils. Let us talk a bit about this.

Of the three variety of lentils mentioned, brown lentils are more common around the world being the type we readily find in our supermarkets. Brown lentils tend to have a kind of tint particularly green in color. This is more typical with the brown lentils sourced from southwestern Europe especially the lentils from Spain.

Moving on to the green lentils, there are two common types. These are the Lentilles du Puy and its counterpart the French green lentils. Green lentils tend to have a deeper vein of green (as to color) with a beaming touch of gloss. When put against the brown lentils in comparison, green lentils have more enticing flavor. In the cost too, green lentils take more to afford than brown lentils.