LENTIL RICE PILAF WITH CARAMELIZED ONIONS (MUJADARA)
A warm and comforting lentil rice pilaf with caramelized onions. This pilaf is known as 'mujadara' in the middle east and is vegan-friendly and perfect as a side for holidays or weeknight dinners!
Provided by Marzia
Categories 30 Minute Meals
Time 55m
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- prep the ingredients: Add the lentils into a small saucepan and add water until the lentils are covered by at least 2 inches. Cook the lentils over medium-high heat until almost tender, about 15-18 minutes. Drain; set aside. Soak the rice in a bowl of cold water for 20 minutes while you caramelize the onions.
- onions: Add the olive oil into a deep, thick-bottomed pot (with a lid), like a dutch oven. Heat the olive oil over medium heat. Once it's hot, add the onions and stir them around to coat with the oil. Set a timer for 20 minutes and cook the onions for a total of 18-22 minutes, stirring often, or until the onions are a deep orange or brown color. If the onions start to brown before the 10-minute mark, lower the heat. Ideally, they should start developing color around 12-15 minutes. And from that point on, you'll need to stir the onions often so that they don't burn. Remove the onions to a plate lined with a paper towel.
- rice pilaf: Drain the soaked rice thoroughly and add it to the oil remaining in the pot (if you have less than a tablespoon, add a little more). Sauté the rice in the remaining oil for 2 minutes. Add the lentils to the pot and season with the cumin, coriander, turmeric, allspice, cinnamon, sugar, and salt. Add 1 1/2 cups of water and let the water come to a rolling boil, cover, lower the heat to the lowest setting, and let cook for 15 minutes. Remove the pot from the stove. Grab a piece of paper towel large enough to cover the pot. Add the caramelized onions to the top of the rice and place the paper towel flat on the pot before placing the lid on top. Let sit for 10 minutes (your stove should be off at this point). Fluff and mix in the onions before serving.
LENTIL-AND-RICE PILAF
The recipe for this savory side dish comes from Norm Matthews of Junction City, Kansas.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Ingredients Pasta and Grains Rice Recipes
Time 50m
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- In a 10-inch skillet, heat olive oil over medium heat. Add onions; reduce heat to medium-low. Cook, stirring occasionally, until onions are golden and caramelized, 35 to 40 minutes. Season with coarse salt and ground pepper.
- Meanwhile, in a 3-quart saucepan, bring 5 cups water to a boil. Stir in brown lentils; reduce heat to a simmer. Cook until tender, 10 to 12 minutes. Drain; rinse pan.
- Return lentils to pan; add long-grain rice and vegetable broth. Bring to a boil; reduce to a simmer. Cook until rice is tender and has absorbed liquid, 10 to 12 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Scatter onions on pilaf.
LENTIL RICE PILAF
Make and share this Lentil Rice Pilaf recipe from Food.com.
Provided by PanNan
Categories Rice
Time 1h
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Bring lentils to a boil in a 2 qrt saucepan with 2 cups water.
- Remove from heat and let stand 10 minutes.
- Meanwhile, trim and discard ends from green beans; cut into 1/2" pieces.
- Slice green onions.
- Mince carrot, shallot and ginger.
- Drain lentils and set aside.
- Heat oil in 2 qt saucepan over medium heat.
- Saute green onions, shallot and ginger in oil 2 minutes.
- Stir in rice; saute 2 more minutes.
- Add 2 1/4 cups water.
- Stir in lentils, green beans and carrot; bring to a boil, cover pot and cook 15 minutes, until rice is tender and liquid is absorbed.
- Let stand 5 minutes off heat.
- Stir in salt and serve while hot.
LEBANESE LENTIL-AND-RICE PILAF WITH BLACKENED ONIONS
Categories Onion Rice Side Sauté Vegetarian Yogurt Ramadan Spice Lentil Fall Healthy Simmer Bon Appétit Pescatarian Wheat/Gluten-Free Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free No Sugar Added Kosher
Yield Makes 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Heat 2 tablespoons oil in large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add chopped onion and next 4 ingredients; sauté until onion softens, about 4 minutes. Add broth and lentils; bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer, covered, 10 minutes. Stir in rice; return to boil. Reduce heat to medium-low; cover and cook until liquid is absorbed and rice and lentils are tender, about 15 minutes longer.
- Meanwhile, heat 2 tablespoons oil in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat. Add sliced onions; sauté until soft and beginning to blacken, about 20 minutes.
- Season pilaf to taste with salt and pepper. Transfer to plates; top with blackened onions. Place tomatoes and cucumber alongside. Top pilaf with dollop of yogurt. Sprinkle with mint.
MDARDARA (LENTIL AND RICE PILAF)
My stepmother is a North Lebanon native, and her version of this is a secret, but this recipe is just as good. It's nice and hearty, and good for toddlers and babies. Pureed, it's called Mjaddara, and the onions are still tender, and mixed in. From the Sahtain cookbook.
Provided by BigFatMomma
Categories Long Grain Rice
Time 1h20m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Soak rice in hot water (not the 5 cups above--separate water) for 15 minutes, drain.
- Stir fry onions in oil until golden brown, set aside to crisp and drain.
- In the same pot, reserve 1 tbsp of the oil add water and lentils, and boil until lentils are tender, but still a little firm.
- Add the rice, salt and pepper.
- Bring to a boil again.
- Lower the heat and simmer until the water is absorbed.
- Serve hot or cold.
RICE AND LENTIL PILAF - INDIAN STYLE
This is a comfort-food that is an adaptation of a Sara Moulton recipe. Basmati rice with the added flavors of whole spices toasted in oil, with lentils and potatoes. A bit of work, but well worth the effort.
Provided by LifeIsGood
Categories Potato
Time 1h30m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- Heat 2 tablespoons vegetable oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Add the cinnamon stick, cardamom pods, bay leaf, coriander seeds, cumin seeds, chiles, and cloves and then cook for about a minute while stirring, until the spices become fragrant. Take the spices out of the pot and reserve. Turn the heat down to med-low and add the onion to the pan. Cook for approximately 10 minutes, stirring once and a while, and then take the pot off the heat and set aside.
- Rinse the rice in a colander. Once the rice is rinsed and drained, add it to the onion in the saucepan and put in the reserved spices and add the turmeric and cook over med-heat, stirring, for about 1 minute.
- Add in 1 1/2 C water and 1/2 t salt to the mixture and bring it all to a boil over high heat. Cover the pan with a paper towel and then the lid. Let this simmer this way, over low heat, for approx.20 minutes, or until all the liquid has been soaked up. Take the pan off of the heat and set aside, leaving it covered, for approximately 15 minutes.
- Meanwhile, combine the lentils, 2 C water and 1/2 t salt in a different saucepan and bring it to a boil over high heat. Then put a lif on it and simmer, over low heat. for approximately 25 minutes (until the lentils get tender).
- Now, heat the remaining 2 T vegetable oil, over medium heat, in a large nonstick skillet. Add in the potatoes and cook for approx 10 or 12 minutes, until the potatoes get a bit browned (stirring occasionally). Take the heat down to low and cook for about 5 minutes more. Then you can add the carrots to the potatoes and cook for 3 more minutes, or just until both are tender.
- Next, you can fluff the rice with a fork and take out the bay leaf, cardamom pods, cinnamon sticks, cloves and chiles. Then drain your lentils and stir them into the rice along with the potato mixture. Add salt and pepper to taste and enjoy.
LENTIL PILAF
Make and share this Lentil Pilaf recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Cypriot Cook
Categories Rice
Time 1h20m
Yield 6-8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Clean the lentils with fresh cold water to avoid foaming when cooking.
- Mix 2 cups of lentils with the 8 cups of water and 1 tablespoon of salt.
- Heat on high, uncovered for approximately 30 minutes, mixing slightly every 10 minutes, removing any foam that may have come up.
- After the lentils turn tender and soft (not melted), make sure there is only about 2 cups of water remaining (add or remove water).
- Add the half cup of rice. Cook for 10 mins at medium fire.
- Simultaneously with the rice, fry the chopped cup of onion in the olive oil and vegetable oil until golden brown (should be about 10 minutes).
- After the 10 minutes pass, slowly pour the oil and onion over the lentils and rice. Lower the heat to Low, and let it lay for 10 minutes (do NOT mix).
- After the 10 minutes pass, add the quarter cup of vinegar and mix everything.
- Cover with a thick clean kitchen towel and leave covered for about 10 minutes.
- After the 15 minutes pass, you should have a thick pilaf of lentils and rice, with onions showing up here and there.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 305.6, Fat 18.5, SaturatedFat 2.5, Sodium 1175, Carbohydrate 28.7, Fiber 5.9, Sugar 2.3, Protein 7.3
LENTIL AND RICE PILAF
I got this recipe from Cornell Cooperative Extension. I helped make this at cooking on a budget cooking class. This was the first time I cooked with or tried lentils. I thought this was so good tasting and very easy to make.
Provided by internetnut
Categories < 60 Mins
Time 35m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Rinse lentils. If possible, soak in warm water for at least 2 hours. Drain and set aside. If you don't soak the lentils, they may need more water and take longer to cook.
- Heat the oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the onions, and saute until golden brown about 10-15 minutes. Set aside 1 cup of the sauteed onions for garnish. Add the rice to the onions and saute until well coated with oil, about 1 minute.
- Add lentils, water, salt, pepper, spices and bay leaf. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and cook covered over low heat for 20 minutes.
- Remove from heat and let stand for 5 minutes. Remove bay leaf. Fluff lentils with a fork. Serve on a large platter and scatter the remaining 1 cup of sauteed onions on top. Garnish with non-fat yogurt if desired. Be sure to taste for seasoning.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 430.5, Fat 7.8, SaturatedFat 0.7, Sodium 589.5, Carbohydrate 73.2, Fiber 16.1, Sugar 3.3, Protein 16.1
RICE, LENTIL, AND SPINACH PILAF
A Dean Ornish recipe. Colorful, vegan, very complete nutritionally, and zero cholesterol. For more color and variety, you can add cubed cooked butternut squash or carrots. May be used as a main dish or side dish; serving amount depends upon how it is used.
Provided by winkki
Categories Spinach
Time 1h
Yield 4-8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Place lentils in saucepan and cover with cold water.
- Bring to boil, reduce heat and cover.
- Simmer for 25 to 40 minutes, until tender but not mushy; drain and set aside.
- Meanwhile, bring the rice and 2 cups of water to a boil.
- Reduce heat and simmer rice about 20 minutes, covered, until all liquid is absorbed; set aside.
- Bring the vegetable stock to a boil in a saucepan.
- Add onions and simmer until tender and translucent, approx 10 minutes.
- Add the garlic, celery, cumin and cinnamon and simmer for 5 minutes longer.
- Add the lentils and lemon zest (and tomatoes, if desired); heat through.
- Add the greens; cook and stir until tender.
- Fold the lentil and greens mixture into the rice.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Note: You may make this ahead of time and place in a baking pan, cover with foil, and warm in the oven for 15 to 20 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 298.4, Fat 2.1, SaturatedFat 0.4, Sodium 66.5, Carbohydrate 59.2, Fiber 11.3, Sugar 4.1, Protein 11.8
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