Meet the Canberra duo on a mission ‘to put lentils on every Aussie plate’

Launching a business is no small feat at the best of times — but launching a business during a global pandemic from your home is another thing altogether.

But late last year, that is exactly what friends Manjula Mishra and Amrita Burman decided to do.

From Manjula’s kitchen in Greenway, in Canberra’s south, Simply Lentils was born — a small line of prepackaged lentil and spice mixes designed to “pass on our ancient Indian food heritage using Aussie grown lentils”.

The duo’s goal was very simple: to help people love and understand how to get the most out of the humble legume.

“For me lentils are really versatile,” Manjula said.

“[But when] we asked the question to thousands of people on social media, most of the people’s reply…