Hey everyone, it is me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, palestinian mujadara. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Mujaddara is considered the 'poor man's food' in Palestine because of its cheap and staple ingredients: rice or bulgur, lentils and onions. Mujaddara ~ Palestinian Lentils & Rice. When my husband and I were starving university students, we ate this dish all the time—mostly because it was cheap and filling.
Palestinian Mujadara is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Palestinian Mujadara is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have palestinian mujadara using 10 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Palestinian Mujadara:
- Prepare 1 1/2 cups brown lentils
- Get 3 cups medium grain rice, soaked in water for 20 minutes and drained
- Take 1 Tbsp ground cumin
- Prepare to taste Salt
- Prepare Boiled water
- Get 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
- Get 1 Tbsp ghee (Don't use if you are a vegetarian)
- Get 4-5 red onions, thinly sliced
- Get Flour to dust onions
- Make ready 1 tsp sumaq
Mujaddara is the Arabic word for "pockmarked"; the lentils among the rice resemble pockmarks. Containing rice, lentils, and meat, it was served this way during celebrations. Without meat, it was a medieval Arab dish commonly consumed by the poor, reputed to. Mujadara is a classic Arabic recipe featuring cooked lentils and rice, caramelized onions, herbs and yogurt.
Instructions to make Palestinian Mujadara:
- In a large pot, boil lentils in a good amount of water (about 3 cups) along with cumin. (don't add salt as it will take longer to cook the lentils if you do that). Once cooked through, add salt and rice. Mix together and add enough boiled water to cover the pilaf (about 1 1/2 cm or 2 cm above) (you can use chicken stock if you like). Put on the stove over high heat, bring to a boil then reduce heat to the lowest and cover 3/4 way through. Allow the water to evaporate and the rice to cook.
- In the mean time, heat olive oil and ghee in large frying pan.
- Dust sliced onions with flour (to get them crunchy rather than soggy) Fry on high heat till they are totally brown (this is how they are made, they are not supposed to be caramelized as you would for an onion soup) The last step that give the amazing flavor for Mujadara is to put some of that fat while hot (the olive oil and ghee flavored with onions) on top of the Mujadara Serve by arranging the pilaf in a dish, top with onions and sprinkle with Sumaq Serve with yogurt or yogurt and cucumbe
It's a delicious vegetarian main dish! This version calls for brown rice instead of white (if you want to use white, see recipe notes). 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. This is a really simple dish that is very satisfying, especially during Ramdan.
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