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LENTILS RICE (Mujadara)

Lentils together with rice is healthy & have lots of minerals which is high in B vitamins also helps to reduce cholesterol & stabilize our blood sugar level. It can be combined with so many like fish, meat, chicken etc!
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes
Course Main Course
Servings 8
Calories 134 kcal

Equipment

  • 1 cooking Pot
  • 1 Fork
  • 1 Cooking Spoon
  • 1 Knife

Ingredients
  

  • 2 Cups Green Lentils
  • 3½ Cups Basmati Rice
  • 2 tesp Curry
  • 2 tesp Onion Powder
  • 75 g Mixed Paprika
  • 2 tbsp Oil vegetable
  • 1 tesp Salt
  • 1 Buljong

Instructions
 

  • First wash 2 cups green lentils and cook for 15 mins and strain, save the water for later.
    Peel and chop 6 garlic cloves, mix paprika and ½ onion
    Empty 2 tbsp oil in a pot and saute the onions, garlic and paprika until translucent then add in little water from the lentils
    Let i cook for 3-5 mins then add in the seasonings. Curry, onion pwd and ginger
    Stir until everything is incoprated
    Now wash the rice and add into the pot stir and cover for 2 minutes.
    Then add in 4½ cups of water from the lentils stir.
    Cover the pot let the rice cook on low heat for 10 minutes until the water is almost finish then add in the lentils, add buljong or salt if necessary stir and cover again for anorther 5-10 minutes until rice is well cooked, to get a fluffy rice use a fork to turn the rice.
    Our Lentil Rice is now done and can be served with grill fish, chicken, lamb or what ever.

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