Super simple, super cheap, super healthy, and super delicious! --what more could you want?
1 cup hulled small French green or brown lentils, sorted of debris and rinsed
1/4 cup olive oil
2 cups finely chopped onions $
1 teaspoon minced garlic $
3/4 cup long-grain white rice
1 teaspoon salt
3/4 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1. In a 3-quart pan over high heat, bring lentils and 2 1/2 cups water to a boil. Cover and simmer until tender to bite, 20 to 25 minutes. Drain.
2. Meanwhile, add oil, onions, and garlic to a 12-inch frying pan over medium heat; stir often until onions are golden, 15 to 18 minutes. Add rice, salt, cumin, and pepper; stir until rice looks opaque, about 3 minutes.
3. Stir in lentils and 2 more cups water. Bring to a boil over high heat; reduce heat, cover, and simmer, stirring occasionally, until rice is tender to bite and liquid is absorbed, 13 to 15 minutes.
Great served with tzatzik (Greek yogurt sauce) & roasted butternut squash.
Recipe taken entirely from myrecipies.com.
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