Whole Rice and Lentils (Majadara)
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Cooking:
15 min.
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Servings per container:
8
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Ingredients for - Whole Rice and Lentils (Majadara)

1. Olive oil - ¼ cup
2. Onion, chopped - 1 large
3. Garlic, chopped - 3 cloves
4. Chopped fresh ginger root - 1 teaspoon
5. Brown rice - 1 cup
6. Green lentils - 1 cup
7. Ground cumin - 1 teaspoon
8. Salt - 1 teaspoon
9. Ground black pepper - ½ teaspoon
10. Ground cinnamon - ½ teaspoon
11. Water - 2 ½ cups

How to cook deliciously - Whole Rice and Lentils (Majadara)

1. Stage

Heat olive oil in a pot over medium heat; cook and stir onion and garlic until onion has softened, 5 to 7 minutes. Add ginger and stir until fragrant, 1 minute. Add brown rice and stir to coat rice with oil.

2. Stage

Stir lentils, cumin, salt, black pepper, and cinnamon into rice mixture; cover with water. Place lid on pot and simmer over low heat until lentils are tender and rice has absorbed the water, about 45 minutes.