Mujadara

Name: Mujadara
Ingredients: 1 1/8 lbs Egyptian rice, picked over, washed, and drained (about 2 1/2 cups or 500 grams); 1 1/8 lbs onions, sliced into thin wedges (about 3 large onions or 500 grams); 9 oz brown lentils, picked over and washed (about 1 1/4 cups or 250 grams); 1 cup vegetable oil; Salt; Ground cumin

Nadia 306924 @cook_4550467

Mujadara

Nadia 306924 @cook_4550467

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Ingredients

1 1/8 lbsEgyptian rice, picked over, washed, and drained (about 2 1/2 cups or 500 grams)
1 1/8 lbsonions, sliced into thin wedges (about 3 large onions or 500 grams)
9 ozbrown lentils, picked over and washed (about 1 1/4 cups or 250 grams)
1 cupvegetable oil
Salt
Ground cumin

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Steps

1

Pour the oil into a pot over medium heat and add the onions. Cook until they turn golden brown.
2

Once the onions are golden, remove them from the oil.
3

Drain the onions using a fine mesh strainer.
4

Use the flavored oil to sauté the rice. Add two tablespoons of the fried onions to the rice and stir.
5

Boil the lentils separately, then add them (without the cooking water) to the rice and mix well.
6

Add the lentil cooking water to the rice, then season with salt and ground cumin to taste.
7

Cook until the rice is fully done.
8

Spoon the rice onto a serving dish, top with the remaining fried onions, and serve.