Hey everyone, it’s Brad, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, lebanese mujadra (lentils, rice & caramelized onions). One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Mujadara is an arabic word that means "pockmarked." Basically it's made up of lentils, rice (or bulgur) and onions. And there are countless variations of the recipe, but this is one I learned from my Lebanese parents. In some regions mujadara is referred to as the dish made with lentils and bulgur.
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To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have lebanese mujadra (lentils, rice & caramelized onions) using 12 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Lebanese Mujadra (lentils, rice & caramelized onions):
- Get cooking the lentils
- Make ready 2 cup water
- Get 1 cup brown or green lentils, sorted and rinsed clean
- Prepare caramelized onions
- Make ready 2 large onions, sliced
- Make ready 1/2 cup Sunflower or canola oil
- Get 1 pinch salt
- Prepare cooking the finished dish
- Prepare 2 cup water
- Make ready 3/4 cup long grain rice
- Make ready 1/4 tsp ground cumin, optional
- Make ready 1 salt and pepper to taste
Mujadara is a simple Lebanese lentil and rice dish with crispy onions that's packed with flavor. One of the first mujadara recipes included rice, lentils and meat and was found in Iraq. Mujaddara used to be served as a celebration dish but without meat it was considered a meal for poor people. Mujadara Lentils and Rice Recipe - This hearty vegan dish, also known as Lebanese Rice, is a favorite classic meal from the Middle East.
Steps to make Lebanese Mujadra (lentils, rice & caramelized onions):
- Cook your rinsed lentils in the 2 cups of water in a small pot til partially done (about 10 minutes). Don't over cook, because they will finish cooking in the next step.
- In a large sauce pan, saute onions with a pinch of salt, in oil on medium high heat til browned really well.
- Pull out a few of the browned onions and drain on a paper towel. Save these as a garnish for your finished dish. Keep the remaining onions as well as the oil in the sauce pan.
- Add the 2 cups of water to the browned onions and oil, and simmer for 5 minutes gently. Water will become brown from the onions.
- To your water and onions in the large sausepan, add the rice, lentils, cumin, salt and pepper. (I have made this dish with and without the cumin. It tastes very good either way. Experiment to find your preferred version.) Over medium high heat bring to a boil, turn down the heat, cover and simmer on low-medium heat for 15 minutes or so, til water is absorbed.
- When your lentils and rice mixture is done, top with the crispy caramelized onions that you set aside, and enjoy!
Mujaddara is an easy and flavorful make-ahead meal, loaded with fabulous spices and topped with crispy fried caramelized onions! We are using lentils, brown rice, onions and all the beautiful spices that make Middle Eastern food so special and fragrant. And the beauty of this Mujadara recipe is that Click here to find out how you can make a quick and easy Mujadara Lebanese Rice and Lentil dish with topped with caramelised onions. Cover the pot and My husband is Lebanese and this is a staple in our house. I don't prepare using the garlic powder or cumin but sometimes I do add allspice.
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