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Mujadara with Rice
Mujadara with Rice... This delicious dish of rice cooked with lentils and garnished with fried onions is very popular. The ease and speed of preparing this tasty meal seem to encourage chefs and home cooks alike. Mujadara with Rice is very delicious with salads and yogurt.
Mujadara with Rice... This recipe seems to have incredible popularity. Chefs love to prepare it... and why not?! It's an easy, quick, and delicious recipe!!
Ingredients
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- 1 cup lentils
- 1 cup rice
- 1 1/2 cups water
- 3 white onions
- Vegetable oil
- Olive oil
- Salt to taste
- To make the lentil salad, click the link: 'How to Make Lentil Salad'
Method
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- Pick through and rinse the lentils, then put them in a pot with hot water and boil them
- Meanwhile, wash the rice and soak it in hot water with a pinch of salt for 20 minutesTimers: 20 min
- When the lentils are cooked, drain them and reserve the cooking water for use
- In a pot, fry a finely chopped onion with a little corn oil
- When the onion wilts, add 1 1/2 cups of the lentil cooking water and salt
- After it boils, add the drained rice, then add the cooked lentils and a little olive oil and stir lightly
- Cover the pot and leave it over medium heat
- As soon as the water dries, reduce the heat, place a clean, very thin cotton towel over the pot under the lid, and leave the pot on low heat for 20 minutes or a bit longer until the rice is cookedTimers: 20 min
- Meanwhile, slice the remaining onions into rings and fry them in plenty of hot oil, stirring constantly, until they turn golden
- When serving the mujadara with rice, spread the drained fried onions on top
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- To make the lentil salad, click the link: 'How to Make Lentil Salad'
Recipe tags
Rice and grainsInternationalVegetarianDairy freeGluten freeNut free
Notes and serving ideas
- How to Make Lentil Salad
