Hey everyone, it’s Brad, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, lebanese mujadra (lentils, rice & caramelized onions). One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little 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. Add the rice and cook, stirring often (but gently so you don't break the rice!) until some rice grains start to brown.
Lebanese Mujadra (lentils, rice & caramelized onions) is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Lebanese Mujadra (lentils, rice & caramelized onions) is something which I have loved my whole life.
To get started with this recipe, we have to 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 it.
The ingredients needed to make Lebanese Mujadra (lentils, rice & caramelized onions):
- Take cooking the lentils
- Take 2 cup water
- Make ready 1 cup brown or green lentils, sorted and rinsed clean
- Get caramelized onions
- Prepare 2 large onions, sliced
- Get 1/2 cup Sunflower or canola oil
- Make ready 1 pinch salt
- Make ready cooking the finished dish
- Get 2 cup water
- Take 3/4 cup long grain rice
- Make ready 1/4 tsp ground cumin, optional
- Prepare 1 salt and pepper to taste
To make mujadara, start with caramelizing the onions in a pan over medium heat until they are brown and golden. Mujadara Lentils and Rice Recipe - This hearty vegan dish, also known as Lebanese Rice, is a favorite classic meal from the Middle East. Mujaddara is an easy and flavorful make-ahead meal, loaded with fabulous spices and topped with crispy fried caramelized onions! Mujaddara is a simple but flavorful rice and lentil pilaf, topped with sweet caramelized onions.
Instructions 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!
Serve alone or as the base of just about any meal. I discovered Mujaddara probably about ten years ago at this little Lebanese lunch spot in Baton Rouge, called Serop's Express. This moudardara or mujadara recipe is a traditional Lebanese recipe of lentils with rice and caramelized onion. It's bursting with amazing flavors and it's a delicious vegetarian comfort meal. This rice and lentil pilaf is an easy and wholesome recipe based on the traditional Lebanese Mujadara.
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