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Lentil
Lentils are among the oldest crops humans farmed, and they cook in 20 minutes because they're so small.
💪 9g protein per 100g💪 Protein🌾 Fibre🩸 Iron
How it grows
In small pods on a knee-high bushy plant.
Where it came from
The Fertile Crescent, over 10,000 years ago.
🚚 From field to plate
- 1. Planted
- 2. Grown and dried
- 3. Harvested
- 4. Cleaned and packed
- 5. Shop
- 6. Your pan
🤓 Fun facts
- Lentils come in red, green, brown, yellow and black.
- Black beluga lentils are named after caviar.
- Lentils were found in Egyptian tombs.
