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| Silky soft aubergines contrast with crispy lentils in this dish, a great summer recipe from Abra Berens' Grist: A Practical Guide to Cooking Grains, Beans, Seeds, and Legumes. Grist is packed with authoritative and wide-ranging information, recipes and inspiration for a great variety of grains, legumes and seeds. |
Any grain or legume can be fried or crisped after cooking, transforming it from something soft and comforting to something crunchy and new. Abra recommends skinny aubergines for the visual effect but if using more common globe aubergines, just quarter them before cooking.
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Reprinted from Grist: A Practical Guide to Cooking Grains, Beans, Seeds, and Legumes by Abra Berens with permission from Chronicle Books, 2021. Photograph © EE Berger.
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