Lentils (lens culinaris), also called pulses, are a type of legume, a vegetable family that includes beans, chickpeas ... for each type below). Brown, black, or French lentils should soften ...

For a comforting supper, transform your canned beans or lentils into some hearty soup. You can make white or black bean soup, ...

It's made with urad dal, or black gram, which we call split black lentils — though they're technically beans. Mujadara means "pockmarked" in Arabic, an apt descriptor for this classic Middle ...