The Insane Process to Split a Lentil | Food Unwrapped

Lentils are only little things, but it turns out the process to split a lentil is an insane and very complicated one. Jimmy Doherty heads to a factory in Sri Lanka to see how it's done.

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[MrDDiRusso]

Grown in Australia and Canada, processed and packed in Sri Lanka, sold in the UK and the Middle East. That's a long trip.

[guyb]

After all that I am left asking "so how does 'the roller' actually split the lentil" 😒

[callumhardy]

So lentil’s to Sri Lankan’s is like tea for the Brits.

[SL-vsfs]

Didn’t quite show the dehusking and splitting.

[AussieOffRoaders]

Not going to lie, I’m really enjoying this channel. Would be great if the episodes went a little longer though as I think you guys would do a great job at that!

[jimmiandersen]

What kind of oil is used for splitting them?

[pixle]

"ive never even tasted a lentil" like who r they calling!? poor old Martha down the road

[fredmench]

This is all so not informative, it creates more questions than it fails to answer.

[wiiretime]

Best day of the week was lentils day when mom made a whole pot of Lentil stew with all the veg. She would boil it so vigorously that the starch from the potatoes would break down make it like a no meat gravy I literally could eat it everyday

[philchia]

If the lentil is soaked in oil, does that therefore make the unsplit lentils healthier?

[megan]

Why did he talk to that lentil market stall holder like they were a child?

[joxterthemighty]

American here, I take the whole brown lentil and just use it in my recipes, usually add them with pearled barley to my bean mix for chili

[davidanderson]

It baffles me that lentils grown in Canada and sold in the UK have to detour to be split in Sri Lanka. How can it not be cheaper to split them in Canada or the UK?

I guess it's no less efficient than sending Jimmy Doherty to Sri Lanka to gather information that could be just looked up on the internet.

[HassanAli-rbhq]

I just looked at the views of the videos, I'd assumed that it was in its millions. Fair play 👏👏👏 the videos r actually really good, u deserve more views then ur getting

[chewbaca]

Literally India produces and process lentils in huge quantity should import from them would be cheaper too

[TrisWood]

I know it's not the same as homemade but Heinz do an amazing lentil soup.

[markiangooley]

Half the world’s lentils are grown in Saskatchewan... not even that big a part of Saskatchewan...

[bsteven]

Watching this, it makes me wonder if lentils in the USA come straight from Canada. 🤔

[dianesmith]

Why didn't you ask him "Why are lentils split"????

[connornobbs]

Lol, I thought that it was those laundry beads at first 😂 I would never have guessed it’s food