Hello everybody, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, lebanese mujadra (lentils, rice & caramelized onions). It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
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Mujadara is an arabic word that means "pockmarked." Basically it's made up of lentils, rice (or bulgur) and onions. And there are countless variations of the recipe, but this is one I learned from my Lebanese parents. Add the rice and cook, stirring often (but gently so you don't break the rice!) until some rice grains start to brown.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook lebanese mujadra (lentils, rice & caramelized onions) using 12 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Lebanese Mujadra (lentils, rice & caramelized onions):
- Make ready cooking the lentils
- Take 2 cup water
- Take 1 cup brown or green lentils, sorted and rinsed clean
- Take caramelized onions
- Get 2 large onions, sliced
- Prepare 1/2 cup Sunflower or canola oil
- Make ready 1 pinch salt
- Take cooking the finished dish
- Prepare 2 cup water
- Take 3/4 cup long grain rice
- Take 1/4 tsp ground cumin, optional
- Prepare 1 salt and pepper to taste
I made a huge batch of it and have been chipping away at it. This Ottolenghi-inspired dish of rice and lentils is full of warming Lebanese flavours - a comforting dinner recipe for those cooler nights. This rice and lentil pilaf is an easy and wholesome recipe based on the traditional Lebanese Mujadara. Mujadara uses a lot of caramelized onions for texture and flavor, but that can be time consuming since you'll need some time to properly cook the onions until they rich a deep brown color.
Instructions to make Lebanese Mujadra (lentils, rice & caramelized onions):
- Cook your rinsed lentils in the 2 cups of water in a small pot til partially done (about 10 minutes). Don't over cook, because they will finish cooking in the next step.
- In a large sauce pan, saute onions with a pinch of salt, in oil on medium high heat til browned really well.
- Pull out a few of the browned onions and drain on a paper towel. Save these as a garnish for your finished dish. Keep the remaining onions as well as the oil in the sauce pan.
- Add the 2 cups of water to the browned onions and oil, and simmer for 5 minutes gently. Water will become brown from the onions.
- To your water and onions in the large sausepan, add the rice, lentils, cumin, salt and pepper. (I have made this dish with and without the cumin. It tastes very good either way. Experiment to find your preferred version.) Over medium high heat bring to a boil, turn down the heat, cover and simmer on low-medium heat for 15 minutes or so, til water is absorbed.
- When your lentils and rice mixture is done, top with the crispy caramelized onions that you set aside, and enjoy!
This moudardara or mujadara recipe is a traditional Lebanese recipe of lentils with rice and caramelized onion. It's bursting with amazing flavors and it's a delicious vegetarian comfort meal. This particular dish, Mu'jadara, or Lentils & Rice, is one of my favourites now. It's so quick & easy to make. And perfect for those times when you feel you need to go vegetarian!
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