Dinner · 35 min · Amounts not specified
Roasted carrot lentil salad
Roast carrots until they candy at the edges.
The sheet · 4 as a side · 35 min
easyWhy tonight. Roast carrots until they candy at the edges.
What it needs
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- carrot
- lentils
- cumin
- lemon
- olive oil
Good if you have them, fine if you do not: yogurt.
Method
- Roast the carrots hard at 220C with cumin until the edges are properly dark. Steamed carrots make a limp salad.
- Cook the lentils separately in salted water and drain them while they still have bite — mushy lentils ruin the texture.
- Dress the lentils while warm, the carrots when they come out of the oven, then combine.
- Yogurt underneath rather than mixed through, and lemon over the top at the table.
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- Roasting vegetablesFor the Best Roasted Vegetables, Start with Steam | Techniquely with Lan LamAmerica's Test KitchenSteam first, then roast. It solves the usual problem of browned outside and raw in the middle.Link checked 2026-09-08
- Syrups and citrusHow to Make Fresh Juice for CocktailsEpicuriousJuicing citrus fresh for drinks, and the plain reason bottled juice does not work.Link checked 2026-09-08
- Syrups and citrusOleo Saccharum - 2 Easy MethodsSteve the BartenderPulling the oil out of citrus peel with sugar. It is the best thing you can do with peels.Link checked 2026-09-08
Why each of these is on the list
What the ingredients are actually doing
- carrot
- Sweetness that survives long cooking, which is why it sits under so many braises.
- lentils
- The fast legume — no soaking, thirty minutes at most.
- cumin
- Earthy and slightly bitter, and it needs heat to open.
- lemon
- Acid you add at the end, not the start.
- olive oil
- Two ingredients sharing a name.
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