Consequently, lentilles du Puy have less
starch than other green lentils, so they don't get all mushy and muddy when cooked like those hippy - dippy soups people used to make.
Every meal
other than breakfast (and then sometimes even breakfast, if I'm having fava beans — traditional Egyptian breakfast staple) starts with onions and garlic and includes a
starch, a bean or lentil, at least one
other non-
green vegetable (sweet peppers, mushrooms, eggplant, zucchini are the go - tos) and a
green.