Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, yellow mujadara ; red lentils with rice. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Yellow Mujadara ; Red lentils with rice is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look wonderful. Yellow Mujadara ; Red lentils with rice is something that I’ve loved my whole life.
Bring the cold water to the boil and remove any of the white foam that collects at the surface. Mujadara which is a lentil based dish, is a very popular Lebanese vegetarian and vegan dish. There are many different types of mujadara; one variety with fluffy rice mixed in known as "Mujadarat roz", a dark red one which gets its color from over-caramelized onions (to the point of almost burnt), as well as other regional varieties.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have yellow mujadara ; red lentils with rice using 7 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Yellow Mujadara ; Red lentils with rice:
- Get 1 cup red lentils
- Take 1/2 cup short grain rice
- Prepare 150 g onion chopped
- Get 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- Make ready to taste Salt
- Get 1 tsp butter (optional)
- Take 3-4 cups water
There are many different varieties of mujadara. This dish is a mixture of green lentils and white rice. Some other varieties are Mujadara Safra which is yellow in color and made with orange lentils, a dark red one which gets its color from over-caramelized onions (to the point of almost burnt), as well as many more regional varieties. Lentils come with different colors, yellow, brown, red, orange and many other colors, types, and sizes.
Steps to make Yellow Mujadara ; Red lentils with rice:
- Wash rice & lentils and drain
- In a preheated pot sautee onions untill they are trasperant
- Add lentils & rice, toss a little,add water, stir g bring to a boil
- Cover the pot & Cook on low heat
- Stir well from time to time
- When the mixtures becomes thick and all grains are merged together, turn off heat, add butter, stir and then serve
- Pour in serving dishes,can be served hot or cold
- Any kind of salad or pickles taste with Mujadara
Today it is about yellow lentils, "Mjadara Safra" as Lebanese call it. Thinly slice the onions and add them to a large pot with the olive oil. Cook over low heat, stirring frequently for one hour. Clearly, lentils and rice do not make for a fancy meal. In fact, in the Middle East, mujadara is known more as "poor man's food," or peasant food.
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