Lentils Rice With Sautéed Onion
Lentils Rice With Sautéed Onion

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It is an easy-to-make Middle Eastern comfort food that combines lentils, rice and delicious fried onions. The yogurt really gives it a super flavor! Continue cooking the rest of the onions until dark brown and black in places. Add the rice and cook, stirring often (but gently so you don't break the rice!) until some rice grains start to brown.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have lentils rice with sautéed onion using 11 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Lentils Rice With Sautéed Onion:
  1. Prepare 1 & 1/2 cups (*180ml cup) Japanese Short Grain Rice *OR Rice of your choice
  2. Prepare 1/2 cup (*180 ml cup) Lentils *any colour Lentils
  3. Prepare Vegetable Stock *OR Water and 1 Vegetable Stock Cube
  4. Take 2 tablespoons Sake (Rice wine) *optional
  5. Get <Sautéed Onion>
  6. Take Salt as required
  7. Make ready 1 Onion *thinly sliced OR finely chopped
  8. Get 1 tablespoon Oil
  9. Make ready 1 pinch Salt
  10. Get Freshly Ground Black Pepper
  11. Prepare *Note: You can use Crispy Fried Shallots instead of Sautéed Onion

The onions should become very dark and tacky when finished. Add the rice, cumin, cinnamon, and bayleaf to the lentils. Serve lentils and rice topped with the caramelized onions, chopped fresh parsley, lemon wedges, and Greek yogurt if desired. Mujadara is a classic Arabic recipe featuring cooked lentils and rice, caramelized onions, herbs and yogurt.

Steps to make Lentils Rice With Sautéed Onion:
  1. Wash Rice and Lentils and drain. Place in the rice cooker’s inner pot, add Vegetable Stock (OR Water and chopped Vegetable Stock Cube) up to the 2-cups-marking. Add Sake (Rice wine), season with Salt as required, and gently stir.
  2. Press the Cook/Start button. Meanwhile, cook thinly sliced Onion with Oil in a frying pan until slightly caramelised. Season with 1 pinch Salt.
  3. When the rice is cooked, let it steamed for 10 minutes, then gently toss to mix. Place the Sautéed Onion on top, sprinkle with Freshly Ground Black Pepper. *Note: You can add Crispy Fried Shallots instead of Sautéed Onion.

Serve lentils and rice topped with the caramelized onions, chopped fresh parsley, lemon wedges, and Greek yogurt if desired. 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). Rice and lentils with caramelized onions is a much-loved food in the Middle East.

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