Lentils, Rice and Fried Onions (Mujadarrah)
Lentils, Rice and Fried Onions (Mujadarrah)

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Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. While the lentils and rice simmer, you'll start caramelizing the onions. Whether you want soft caramelized onions What I noticed there's no at all oil in your mujadara ( I know it's more healthy ) , we add the leftover fried olive oil jenerously in the mujadara and mix and.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook lentils, rice and fried onions (mujadarrah) using 8 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Lentils, Rice and Fried Onions (Mujadarrah):
  1. Take 260 g green lentils
  2. Get 160 g long grain rice
  3. Prepare 1-2 large brown onions (depending on preference)
  4. Make ready 8 tbsp olive oil
  5. Prepare 1 tsp cumin
  6. Make ready 1 tsp plain flour
  7. Make ready 1 pinch caster sugar (optional)
  8. Take Salt and Pepper

The onions play such an important role in this. A simple combination of lentils, rice, and deeply caramelized onions, mujadara is made across the Middle East. It's comforting but not too rich and it's fresh and vegetarian without relying on many perishable ingredients. In other words, it's the perfect meal for the nights.

Instructions to make Lentils, Rice and Fried Onions (Mujadarrah):
  1. Start by chopping the large onion into rings and heat the oil in the pan
  2. Add the onions to the pan and begin to cook on a medium heat
  3. Once the onions have softened slightly, add a little flour and the sugar (optional) then continue to cook until they’re nice and crispy/caramelised.

If they finish before everything else, take them off the heat and leave them in the pan

  1. Put the lentils in a medium sized saucepan and add enough slightly salted water to cover them.

Bring to the boil and then reduce the heat and leave to simmer for about 5 minutes

  1. Add the cumin to the saucepan and stir it in with the lentils and simmer for a further 5 minutes
  2. Stir in the rice and add extra water to cover everything in the saucepan again

Bring back to the boil, then reduce the heat again and cover for about another 10 minutes or until the water has all evaporated

  1. Towards the end of cooking the rice, if you have any leftover oil on the pan from the onions, add this to the lentils and rice and stir it in for extra flavour then leave for another few minutes until it’s all cooked
  2. Once finished, stir half of the onions into the mix and place into a dish to serve
  3. Add the remaining onions on the top and then you’re done! Enjoy

Instant Pot Mujadara (Mujaddara) - A signature Middle Eastern dish made with lentils and rice and garnished with crispy fried onions! For the fried crispy onion garnish (optional). Bring the water to a boil over high heat, and then reduce the heat and simmer, cover until the. Remove from the heat and set aside. Place lentils in a medium saucepan with enough Add the rice and enough water to cover into the saucepan with the lentils.

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