Lentils usually take 15-20 minutes to cook. Compared with other foods, it takes a long time to cook, because it is not easy to cook. If you eat it without cooking, it will have an impact on your health. The specific time depends on the amount of lentils and the temperature.

The fresh stems and leaves of lentils are rich in nutrition and are excellent feed for livestock. Bean stalks can also be dried for feed. Lentils straw can be used as an effective supplementary feed for cattle feed. Lentils straw can be safely used as a supplement to ewe feed. Lentils can also be planted as green manure crops. Lentils as green manure have a better yield-increasing effect than sesbania crops.

Lentils are mainly eaten as vegetables with tender pods and beans, but tender pods and fresh beans contain hydrocyanic acid and some anti-nutritional factors, so they should be cooked thoroughly before eating. Lentil seed is a nourishing product, which is often used as the raw material of various congees and can also be made into cool drinks.