Ingredients

• 500 gr yellow lentils
• 1 medium onion
• Lemon juice
• olive oil
• salt
• pepper

Instructions

• Rinse lentils and place them in a saucepan.
• Add 5 cups of water and simmer over low heat for at least 30 minutes.
• When they start boiling remove froth using a wooden spoon.
• Check that the lentils are soft enough before removing them from heat. Otherwise simmer them more and stir them in order to thicken.
• When they are soft enough, remove from heat, stir with a wooden spoon or beat them with a mixer in order to become creamy.
• Add olive oil, lemon juice of one lemon and stir or beat with a mixer again.
• Serve in a bowl hot or cold and garnish with chopped onion.