Ideas for using lentil cooking liquid

[Chris Hennes]

Tonight for dinner I'm making the lentil salad from Modernist Cuisine: as a byproduct of cooking the lentils sous vide with a massive sachet of vegetables, I have about 500mL of absolutely delicious cooking liquid leftover. I was wondering if anyone has any ideas for what to do with this lentil stock, it's too delicious to throw out.

[ChrisTaylor]

A vegetable risotto, I guess. Or, if it's that good, a consomme. Or use it in place of water in chana masala.

Edited March 22, 2012 by ChrisTaylor (log)

[Mark Muller]

Use to cook some more beans. Beans are always better cooked in stock.

[KennethT]

If you have the time, how 'bout small, lentil sized spheres of lentil cooking liquid to be mixed in with the lentils?

Edited March 22, 2012 by KennethT (log)

[scubadoo97]

Use it to cook rice

[heidih]

Use it to cook rice

I second that and if it was me, I'd sneak a little rich coconut milk in there. Also envision it as part of the liquid in making some dirty rice.

[Chris Hennes]

Here's how I used the first half:

Just cooked the rice is the liquid, then added sautéed carrots and asparagus, plus some of the leftover lentils. Delicious.