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In a bowl, soak the rice in warm water. Mujaddara is a classic Arabic recipe featuring cooked lentils and rice, caramelized onions, herbs and yogurt. While the lentils and rice simmer, you'll start caramelizing the onions.
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To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have lentils and rice puree - mujaddara mussafayeh using 7 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Lentils and rice puree - mujaddara mussafayeh:
- Make ready 2 cups lentils, washed and drained
- Take 1/2 cup white rice
- Make ready 2 large onions, finely chopped
- Get 6 cups water
- Get 1 tablespoon olive oil
- Make ready 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- Prepare 2 teaspoons salt
Add the rice and cook, stirring often (but gently so you don't break the rice!) until some rice grains start to brown. Mujaddara is a simple but flavorful rice and lentil pilaf, topped with sweet caramelized onions. Serve alone or as the base of just about any meal. I discovered Mujaddara probably about ten years ago at this little Lebanese lunch spot in Baton Rouge, called Serop's Express.
Instructions to make Lentils and rice puree - mujaddara mussafayeh:
- In a bowl, soak the rice in warm water.
- In a deep cooking pot, place lentils and 6 cups water on high heat. When water starts boiling, reduce heat, cover the pot, and leave to cook for about 30 min.
- In a skillet, heat 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil and fry the onions until golden, then set aside.
- Once cooked, remove the lentils from the water and blend them in a food processor for a few minutes. Put back the lentil mixture in the pot.
- Strain the rice and add it over the lentils. Stir for few minutes until the rice is cooked.
- On low heat, add the fried onions and salt and stir continuously for about 20 min.
- Before removing from heat, add 1 tablespoon of olive oil.
- Remove from heat, pour in a serving plate and let it cool before serving.
Mujadara - Brown Lentils + Rice. Side Dishes: Pickles Turnips Peppers Arabic Salad. Mujaddara, or Mujadara, translates to a middle eastern staple Rice and Lentil preparation which is everyday staple in every Lebanese home. My first introduction to Mujaddara or I should say, Lebanese Lentils and Rice, was through a colleague how brought taste-of-home to an office potluck. Mujadara is a Middle Eastern vegan side dish or can be a meal if served with salads.
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