Hey everyone, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, moujadara - brown lentils and rice with fried onions. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna 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 well liked of current trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Moujadara - brown lentils and rice with fried onions is something which I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have moujadara - brown lentils and rice with fried onions using 13 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Moujadara - brown lentils and rice with fried onions:
- Prepare With the same glass
- Get 1 glass brown lentils
- Take 1 glass basmati rice
- Make ready 2 small onions finely chopped
- Prepare 1 teaspoon cumin
- Get Olive oil
- Take Salt
- Take Water
- Prepare For the topping
- Take 2 large sliced onions
- Get Flour
- Get Salt
- Get 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.
Instructions 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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