Mujadarrah (Lentils and Rice with Fried Onions)

This vegetarian dish
G.O.O.D
and
E.A.S.Y
seriously
I saw the recipe
some time ago
had it on my menu
a few weeks
and never got to it
this week
I had something else on my menu
but didn't have all the ingredients
so I made this instead
and I'm so glad I did!

Majadarrah - Lentils and Rice with Fried Onions
6 tablespoons olive oil
1 large white onion, sliced into rings
I used 2 cooking onions...next time I'll use 3
1 1/3 cups uncooked green lentils
3/4 cup uncooked long-grain white rice
salt and pepper to taste
1/4 cup plain yogurt or sour cream (optional)

after reading the comments
I also added
1 tsp cumin

1/4 tsp cinnamon

-Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Stir in the onions, and cook about 10 minutes, until browned. Remove from heat, and set aside.
-Place lentils in a medium saucepan with enough lightly salted water to cover. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer about 15 minutes.
-Stir rice and enough water to cover into the saucepan with the lentils. Season with salt and pepper. Cover saucepan, and continue to simmer 15 to 20 minutes, until rice and lentils are tender.
-Mix half the onions into the lentil mixture. Top with yogurt or sour cream and remaining onions to serve.

This was seriously so easy
and the taste was amazing

It seems that my boy
needs to take photos
of the meals now also

My girly
seems she is attached
to her bike helmet

Indian Style Rice

So you can't have
Indian Butter Chicken
with some yummy rice

Here is the latest recipe
I found to give a try

Indian Style Rice Recipe
If you don't have whole cardamom pods

or stick cinnamon, add a pinch of each ground in with the cumin

Ingredients
2 cups long-grain rice, preferably Basmati
8 cups water
2 teaspoons salt
2 cloves
2 cardamom pods
One 2-inch piece of cinnamon
3 Tbsp vegetable oil (or ghee if you have it)
1/2 teaspoon dark mustard seeds
1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds
I used cumin powder
1/4 teaspoon chile flakes
1 medium onion, chopped
3 chopped garlic cloves
I omitted this
as I ran out of garlic
so sad
1/4 teaspoon turmeric
I omitted this

Place rice in a sieve and run cool water through it to rinse it until the water runs clear


Soak the rice in cool water for 30 minutes. Drain.


Bring 8 cups of water and the salt to a boil in a large pot. Add the rice and stir. Add the cloves, cardamom and cinnamon and simmer for 10 minutes. Taste the rice, and test if it is done to your taste; rice can take more or less time to cook depending on how old it is. If still too firm, cook a few minutes longer.




When the rice is cooked to your liking, drain the rice into a colander and rinse with cold water to stop if from cooking. Remove the cloves, cardamom and cinnamon and discard. Set the rice aside to drain.

In a pan large enough to hold the rice, heat the oil over medium-high heat. Add the mustard and cumin seeds and the chile flakes. Cook until the mustard seeds start popping


then add the onion. Sauté until the onion begins to brown, about 5-7 minutes.


Add the garlic (if you didn't run out like I did) and sauté another 2-3 minutes. Add the rice and mix well. Sprinkle the turmeric over the rice and mix well. Cook for another 3-4 minutes, stirring often.

We enjoyed this rice dish
it was very tasty
mmmmm mmmmm mmmmm
I'll be trying it again
when I find my next
Indian dish to make

My in laws spent
some time coloring
with my kidlets
it was really very sweet

Sweet & Sour Chicken on Amped up leftover Rice

Today called for
EASY
I didn't feel like BBQing
so I changed my plan
I can do that
I'm the one who made the plan
it's fine, honest

I cut up some some chicken breasts
cooked them up in some grapeseed oil
cut up an onion
lots of garlic
some yellow squash
some spaceship squash
and some pattypan squash
it seems that squash is in season
this was all from my Garden Box
I cooked this all up together
when it was done
I added some sweet & sour sauce
yes, I bought the sauce
I did warn you this was easy

I had rice left over
from the fish dish last week
I shredded some zucchini
shredded some carrots
diced up 1/2 an onion
a bunch of garlic
some diced celery
cooked all that up
in some grapeseed oil

This turned out to be very yummy
my little man
and the girly
both loved it
as did the grownups

I let it slip that
ham is on the menu for tomorrow
my husband is very excited
it's nice to know food can make him happy

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