Just natural organic organic red split lentils 500g with about 30 of their calories from protein lentils have the third highest levels of protein by weight of any legume or nut after soybeans and hemp they are an essential source of inexpensive protein in many parts of the world especially in west africa and the indian subcontinent which have large vegetarian populations our tried and tested recipe for murkha dal lentil vegetable curry is below ingredients organically grown lentils