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Lentil Lasagna

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Lentil lasagna with one piece on a plate.
Photo by Nik Sharma

This lasagna skips the red sauce in favor of a spiced tomato-lentil mixture, generously layered with mozzarella and Parmesan between sheets of noodles. Black lentils hold their shape well, which is critical to the interplay of textures in this dish.

This recipe was excerpted from ‘Veg-table' by Nik Sharma, one of our top cookbooks of 2023. Buy the full book on Amazon.

What you’ll need

Cooks' Note

You can save yourself an extra step with no-boil lasagna sheets, which are thinner and partially cooked.

A common issue with lasagna making is how wet it ends up. To avoid this, thicken the sauce with a little flour and use low-moisture mozzarella.

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