Cooking dried ingredients
Beans:
- Soak for 8+ hours
- Salt the water and then boil for ~45min (depending on bean size)
- 1 tin = 125g dried beans
Chickpeas:
- Soak for 8+ hours
- Salt the water and then boil for ~60min
- 1 tin = 125g dried chickpeas
Lentils:
- No need to soak
- Salt the water and then boil for ~25min
- 1 tin = 125g dried lentils
Rice ratios
- 1 cup dry Italian brown rice = just less than 4 cups cooked rice
- 1.5 cups dry Italian brown rice = 5.25 cups cooked rice
Polenta
- Bring 4 cups water (or stock) to the boil and add 1 cup dry polenta
- Cook for 10 minutes, stirring continuously
- Yields approximately 4 cups of cooked polenta