Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, moujaddara - yellow lentils. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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Mujadara is a classic Arabic recipe featuring cooked lentils and rice, caramelized onions, herbs and yogurt. It's a delicious vegetarian main dish! This version calls for brown rice instead of white (if you want to use white, see recipe notes). Basically, it is a combination of cooked lentils and rice with a district seasoning, topped with onions, and I add my Vegan Tzatziki (Greek Yogurt Sauce) for added flavor.
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook moujaddara - yellow lentils using 7 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Moujaddara - Yellow Lentils:
- Make ready 2 cups red lentils
- Make ready Handful basmati rice
- Prepare 1 chopped onion
- Make ready 5.5 cups water
- Prepare 1 tsp salt
- Get 1/2 tsp cumin
- Prepare 3 tbsp olive oil
Mujadara or Mujaddara, also known as Mudardara - is a Middle Eastern rice and lentil dish. There are a few variations of this dish, but the most popular one is made with rice and lentils. The lentils are cooked with ground cumin until they're half cooked, then the rice is added and everything is cooked together. Some other varieties are Mujadara Safra which is yellow in color and made with orange lentils, a dark red one which gets its color from over-caramelized onions (to the point of almost burnt), as well as many more regional varieties.
Instructions to make Moujaddara - Yellow Lentils:
- Wash the lentils and the rice first and soak them in water for 10 min
- In a pot, start frying the onion in the olive oil
- Once the onion is softened, add the lentil, rice, cumin and salt to it
- Add the water to the mixture and cover the pot
- Stir every 5 minutes for ~30 min until you get a porridge like consistency as in this picture
- Tada 🎉 your food is ready! Enjoy it with flatbread and olives. We usually have on the side a plate of fresh mint leaves, green onion and radish.
The lentils are cooked with ground cumin until they're half cooked, then the rice is added and everything is cooked together. Some other varieties are Mujadara Safra which is yellow in color and made with orange lentils, a dark red one which gets its color from over-caramelized onions (to the point of almost burnt), as well as many more regional varieties. Lentils are a rich source of protein and fiber, making this dish a wonderful healthy dinner option. 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.
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