Recipe of Speedy Moujadara - brown lentils and rice with fried onions
by Nicholas Stanley
Moujadara - brown lentils and rice with fried onions
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To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have moujadara - brown lentils and rice with fried onions using 13 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Moujadara - brown lentils and rice with fried onions:
Get With the same glass
Make ready 1 glass brown lentils
Take 1 glass basmati rice
Get 2 small onions finely chopped
Get 1 teaspoon cumin
Make ready Olive oil
Take Salt
Get Water
Make ready For the topping
Prepare 2 large sliced onions
Take Flour
Make ready Salt
Make ready Pinch cumin
Instructions to make Moujadara - brown lentils and rice with fried onions:
After washing the lentils very well, put them in a pot, cover with water and boil them for 15 minutes.
While cooking the lentils, start frying the finely chopped onion in olive oil
After 15 minutes when the lentils are 80% cooked strain them then put them in the pot again, the rice, the salt, the cumin, and the fried onions. Mix once or twice to combine all the ingredients then cover with water, put the lid on and cook on a low to medium heat for around 15 minutes (until the water evaporates)
In the meantime, put olive oil in a frying pan with the onion slices and sprinkle some flour mixed with cumin and a bit of salt and fry until golden brown. Then put the onions on a plate and use some kitchen roll to soak up the oil and make the onions crispy
Check the rice and lentils, if they’ve absorbed all the water it means they’re cooked (make sure you don’t burn them though). Remove the lid and leave for 5 minutes before serving
Serve with crispy onions on top and enjoy your meal ❤️
Could be served with yogurt on the side.
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