Lentils with Rice
Lentils with Rice

Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, lentils with rice. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Lentils with Rice is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. Lentils with Rice is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

Fried onions are mixed with rice and lentils, and topped with yogurt or sour cream. Stir rice and enough water to cover into the saucepan with the lentils. Throw the lentils into a medium saucepan.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have lentils with rice using 11 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Lentils with Rice:
  1. Make ready 1 cup brown or green lentils
  2. Prepare 2 leeks, white and light green parts only, roots trimmed
  3. Make ready 2 1/4 teaspoons salt, more as needed
  4. Prepare 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
  5. Take 2 garlic cloves, minced
  6. Get 3/4 cup long-grain rice
  7. Get 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin
  8. Make ready 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
  9. Take 1/4 teaspoon cayenne
  10. Take 1 bay leaf
  11. Make ready 4 cups trimmed and chopped spring greens (chard leaves, spinach, kale, mustard green pr a combination (or 4 large onions)

These Ethiopian lentils are similar to an Indian red lentil curry, but uniquely flavored with cardamom and ginger! Serve over rice for an easy dinner. Add onions to bowl with rice and lentils. I love rice and lentils, this cooking technique of parboiling the rice, draining it, and then steaming it is actually the Iranian style of making rice.

Steps to make Lentils with Rice:
  1. Place lentils in a large bowl and add warm tap water to cover by 1 inch. Let soak.
  2. Meanwhile, halve leeks lengthwise; run under warm water to release any grit. Thinly slice leeks crosswise
  3. Heat oil in a Dutch oven or large pot over medium-high heat. Add leeks and cook, stirring occasionally, until golden brown and crispy, 5 to 10 minutes. Transfer half the leeks to a bowl to use for garnish and sprinkle with 1/4 teaspoon salt.
  4. Stir garlic into the pot with the remaining leeks and cook for 15 seconds until fragrant. Stir in rice and sauté 2 minutes. Stir in cumin, allspice and cayenne; sauté 30 seconds.
  5. Drain lentils and stir into pot. Add 4 1/4 cups water, 2 teaspoons salt, bay leaf and cinnamon stick. Bring to a simmer. Cover and cook over low heat for 15 minutes. Rinse greens in a colander and spread damp leaves over lentil mixture. Cover and cook 5 minutes more, until rice and lentils are tender and greens are wilted. Remove from heat and let stand, covered, for 5 minutes. Serve sprinkled with reserved crispy leeks

If lentils and rice are not tender, add enough liquid to keep bottom of pot moist, cover and cook for a few more minutes. Years ago I made this recipe for my kids, and they loved it. One of my daughter's friends would always request this dish when she came over to visit. Wash the dried Lentils and soak them for two hours. Bring the water, salt, and oil to a boil in a saucepan.

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