Mujadara Rice

Name: Mujadara Rice
Ingredients: 1 cup lentils (about 200 grams); 5 cups water (about 1.2 liters); 2 cups white rice (about 400 grams); 3 medium onions; Pinch salt for boiling lentils; Pinch salt for the recipe; Pinch allspice; 2 tablespoons clarified butter or ghee; 1 bouillon cube

Wasafat_loulou @wasafat_loulou

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Mujadara Rice

Wasafat_loulou @wasafat_loulou

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Ingredients

1 cuplentils (about 200 grams)
5 cupswater (about 1.2 liters)
2 cupswhite rice (about 400 grams)
3medium onions
Pinchsalt for boiling lentils
Pinchsalt for the recipe
Pinchallspice
2 tablespoonsclarified butter or ghee
1bouillon cube

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Steps

1

Boil the lentils in 2 cups of water (about 480 ml) with a pinch of salt. Adding salt helps the lentils keep a darker color.
2

Chop the onions and sauté them well. Add the rice, cooked lentils, salt, allspice, and bouillon cube. Stir for five minutes over very low heat.
3

Add the lentil cooking water. If needed, add more water.
4

Once it comes to a boil, reduce the heat to very low.
5

When the rice is cooked, stir and let it rest. Notice how the rice changes color and becomes the same color as the lentils.
6

Serve with plain yogurt or cucumber yogurt salad. You can find my cucumber yogurt salad recipe in my other recipes. Garnish with fried onions.
7

This dish is very tasty and is one of my grandmother's specialties.