Hello everybody, it is Jim, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, moujadara - brown lentils and rice with fried onions. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Brown rice makes this mujadarra recipe extra hearty and flavorful. I also cooked my onions in extra-virgin olive oil instead of peanut oil, and it worked Mujadara is a classic Arabic recipe featuring cooked lentils and rice, caramelized onions, herbs and yogurt. Fried onions are mixed with rice and lentils, and topped with yogurt or sour cream.
Moujadara - brown lentils and rice with fried onions is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Moujadara - brown lentils and rice with fried onions is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have moujadara - brown lentils and rice with fried onions using 13 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Moujadara - brown lentils and rice with fried onions:
- Take With the same glass
- Take 1 glass brown lentils
- Make ready 1 glass basmati rice
- Prepare 2 small onions finely chopped
- Take 1 teaspoon cumin
- Make ready Olive oil
- Get Salt
- Prepare Water
- Get For the topping
- Prepare 2 large sliced onions
- Make ready Flour
- Take Salt
- Take Pinch cumin
Mujadarrah is a lentil, rice, and caramelized onion mix which is seasoned with cumin. Here it is topped off with sour cream and cilantro. Instant Pot Mujadara (Mujaddara) - A signature Middle Eastern dish made with lentils and rice and garnished with crispy fried onions! Mujadara or Mujaddara translates to a middle eastern staple rice and lentil dish which is an everyday staple in most of the.
Steps 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.
And while green or brown lentils are the traditional choice in mujadara, we like French lentils (a.k.a. Le Transfer mujadara to a platter. Top with parsley and remaining fried shallots. This mujadara, in particular, is totally over the top. When I made this stockpot full of lentils and rice, and garnished it with a heap of fried caramelized onions, they peeked out over the edge of the dutch oven like an iceberg.
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