Refreshing Lentil Salad

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Ingredients

• 4 cups water
• salt
• 1 ¼ cups dry lentils
• 2 large cloves garlic, minced
• 2 large roma (plum) tomatoes, seeded and chopped
• ½ cup chopped red onion
• ½ cup chopped green bell pepper
• 1 small green chile pepper, seeded and chopped
• 1 lemon, juiced
• 1 teaspoon lemon zest
• 1 small carrot, shredded
• ½ cup oil-cured black olives
• ¼ cup chopped fresh cilantro
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• ¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil
• 2 hard-cooked eggs, cut in half lengthwise