Simple Way to Prepare Super Quick Homemade Lentils with Rice

Hello everybody, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, lentils with rice. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Serve lentils and rice topped with the caramelized onions, chopped fresh parsley, lemon wedges, and Greek yogurt if desired. Lentils, rice, veggies and LOTS of herbs and spices make this One Pot Lentil Dahl and Rice recipe This was just a warm bowl of hearty, vegetarian deliciousness. This lentils and rice recipe couldn't be. These lentils and rice cook together in one pot, and feed a crowd.

Lentils with Rice is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Lentils with Rice is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have lentils with rice using 11 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Lentils with Rice:

1. Make ready brown or green lentils
2. Prepare leeks, white and light green parts only, roots trimmed
3. Prepare salt, more as needed
4. Take extra-virgin olive oil
5. Get garlic cloves, minced
6. Get long-grain rice
7. Make ready ground cumin
8. Make ready ground allspice
9. Take cayenne
10. Make ready bay leaf
11. Prepare trimmed and chopped spring greens (chard leaves, spinach, kale, mustard green pr a combination (or 4 large onions)

As you may know, we love travel and cuisines from. This is not a one pot one mush recipe! This is perfectly but separately cooked Lentils and Rice still all in one pot! Add onions to bowl with rice and lentils.

Steps to make Lentils with Rice:

1. Place lentils in a large bowl and add warm tap water to cover by 1 inch. Let soak.
2. Meanwhile, halve leeks lengthwise; run under warm water to release any grit. Thinly slice leeks crosswise
3. Heat oil in a Dutch oven or large pot over medium-high heat. Add leeks and cook, stirring occasionally, until golden brown and crispy, 5 to 10 minutes. Transfer half the leeks to a bowl to use for garnish and sprinkle with 1/4 teaspoon salt.
4. Stir garlic into the pot with the remaining leeks and cook for 15 seconds until fragrant. Stir in rice and sauté 2 minutes. Stir in cumin, allspice and cayenne; sauté 30 seconds.
5. Drain lentils and stir into pot. Add 4 1/4 cups water, 2 teaspoons salt, bay leaf and cinnamon stick. Bring to a simmer. Cover and cook over low heat for 15 minutes. Rinse greens in a colander and spread damp leaves over lentil mixture. Cover and cook 5 minutes more, until rice and lentils are tender and greens are wilted. Remove from heat and let stand, covered, for 5 minutes. Serve sprinkled with reserved crispy leeks

This is perfectly but separately cooked Lentils and Rice still all in one pot! Add onions to bowl with rice and lentils. Wash the dried Lentils and soak them for two hours. Bring the water , salt , and oil to a boil in a saucepan. Add the rice and the soaked Lentils.

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