Tired of waiting hours for your lentils or chickpeas to be ready? A pinch of a magic ingredient is enough to cut cooking time in half… and it’s probably already in your cupboard!
THE legumeswe love them for their vegetable proteinstheir satiating fiber and their essential minerals. They are nuggets for health and some doctors advise adding them regularly to your diet.
But let’s be honest, waiting for the chickpeas to cook for three hours definitely makes you want to abandon cooking forever. Especially on lazy evenings or when you’re short on time. Luckily, there is a super simple tip pour reduce cooking time. This is an ingredient that you probably have somewhere hidden in your kitchen cupboards.
The secret of tender legumes without waiting
To reduce cooking time, simply add a miracle ingredient: baking soda. Yes, this same magical product that is used for everything, cleaning, deodorizing, and now, saving you time with your legumes.
By pouring a teaspoon of baking soda in the cooking water, your lentils, beans and chickpeas will cook until twice as fast. Who would have believed it! All you have to do is try this tip today and you will be amazed.
The baking soda acts as an alkaline agent. He softens the skin legumes, which allows water to penetrate more easily and of shorten cooking. So, there are only advantages. You get a softer texturea express cookingand even less energy consumed.
And the little bonus with baking soda is that it also helps digest better legumes. No more late evenings with gas and stomach pains. And, rest assured, the taste of your legumes will not be altered, it will retain all its natural flavor.
Our tips for even tastier dishes
Finally, to add some pep to your dishes, add aromatic herbs (thyme, bay leaf, coriander, etc.) and some fragrant vegetables like onion or carrot in cooking water. These additions will enhance the flavor of your legumes and give even more deliciousness to your recipe. And above all, don’t forget to rinse your legumes before cooking them to eliminate impurities.
There you go, you now have all the tips for preparing legumes as best as possible. You will reduce your cooking time and you can enjoy healthy, quick and delicious meals.
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