Reading recipes and preparing to cook a dish, a novice cook may encounter some problems. For example, in the description of the process of cooking a dish, it can be said: "boil the beans, " or "cook the peas, " but not a word about how to do this, how much time to cook. But all beans need to be cooked in different ways.
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If you are going to cook whole peas, soak it first for several hours in water. Before cooking, drain this water, pour peas with fresh cold water. Cook an hour and a half. Crushed peas can not soak. It is boiled for about an hour.
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If you need to cook the ears of young corn, fill them with cold water. Bring to a boil, cook for 10-15 minutes. Old corn is cooked for 40 minutes.
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Soak beans before boiling, like peas, for 6-10 hours. Cook in new water for 50-60 minutes. Fresh green beans will be ready in 5 minutes after boiling, frozen - in 7-8 minutes.
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Dip lentils in boiling water, cook for 10 to 40 minutes. Cooking time depends on the variety. Cook red lentils on low heat for 10 minutes, green - half an hour, brown - 40 minutes. The latter is better to pre-soak for an hour.