Meet the Canberra duo on a mission 'to put lentils on every Aussie plate' updated 1 AprApril 2021 at 9:48pm Amrita Burman and Manjula Mishra set up a business in late 2020 to make it easier for people to incorporate lentils in their daily diet. ( Share Print text only Cancel 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".