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During this time, exploring and researching about lentils was really interesting. They are small in size but big in history, nutritional facts, myths, music, books and variety etc. In this blog you will know my multiple experiences with them at the kitchen trying to cook my favorite lunch, you will know how people cook them in different countries and maybe if you want you will learn how to cook Jadra without repeating the same mistakes than me. 

In my opinion, the bible gave us a story with lentils that gave many artist around centuries and around the world an excuse-topic for painting.  I had another kind of artistic experience more closely to playing just creating different shapes.

As Mexican is nice to have in consideration the quality of our brands, the same as small producers like Aires de Campo. The industrial production of lentils, and of course the journey they have to do understanding all the changing process between being a seed and being packed for selling. 

For sure, there are more information... knowing everything would be impossible, but if you like the topic maybe this blog could be useful for you. please enjoy, try the recipes and thanks for reading. 

Play in kitchen with lentils

I was writing in my Lentil Blog today, with lentils by my side for get inspiration and company...

Sudenly I started to eat raw lentils, one by one and I thought that we always eat them cooked... with water and other ingredients. I remember a mexican snack made with peas, just like peanuts, that are salt peas, crunchy and one of my favorites, an other one is lentils with chily, crunchy and I dont know how they prepare them but I love them.
So, I just took the lentils, oil, salt, chili and make experiment with that...here are the pictures.

Raw lentils waiting 

Raw lentils inside my mouth

Lentils with out peel, starting to be softer

Now time to crush them and enjoy

Starting experiment. Put oil in fire.

Add lentils

and chili 

Fry, wait them to be cold. Enjoy. 

Cooking (second try)

I am improving my cooking skills. In this second try the rice look like rice (little burn) and I cannot reach the amazing flavor that my mom has, but this one still eatable. Maybe later... 

Ingredients

Fry the onion

Put in the microwave the lentils, check them because
 sometimes they jump outside the cup making a big mess.

This time I didn´t wash the rice, but I put more oil than the needed so
I never heard the popcorn sound again (look recipie at blog) 

I noticed that it started to change color so I spill the water,
lentils and onion inside, before rice burn.

Wait until it looks like this
Yei!! It looks like rice... darker but rice, no risoto =D

This is how it looked. I have to admit that the first one tasted much better, this one look good,
but I will be trying until get the perfect jadra.

Catalog of species

Lentil is classified into two groups by seed size. The large seeded type has a seed

size that averages 50 grams or more per 1000 seeds. The small-seeded type has a seed size

which averages 40 grams or less per 1000 seeds. Seed coat colours range from clear to

green, tan, brown, grey, blotched purple, or black. The cotyledons can be yellow, red, or green. 

Aires de Campo

Aires de Campo is one mexican company founded in 2001 for connecting organic producers to make new products for the brand. They try to be a direct canal between farmers and consumers, for getting certifications. It started with 5 employees looking for the farmers... Now the organic network is integrated by more than 80 producers and each day they have new products in lower costs.

Official story of Aires del Campo

BUY ORGANIC LENTILS  1.2 euro

Mexican brand

First company plant located in Santa María Insurgentes 1945

Grupo Bimbo was founded in Mexico in 1945, starting with cellophane wrapped large and small white loafs of bread and toasted. Three years later they introduced 7 products more...  Now a days after 70 years its the most important bakery company on the world. Is present in 22 countries of America, Asia and Europe, it has close to 10,000 products and more than 100 brands.

Details time line

Artistic experience

I was thinking what to make with lentils, for sure the first idea was separating the lentils by color and tone, but after half an hour of separating lentils I get crazy and decided to experiment with other thing. I noticed that bigger amounts of lentils give you shadows and volume, so I started to play. I got this.

My hand playing with lentils

Mole and Alps with lentils (with New York background)

 

World Map with Lentils