Do lentils go well with rice? Rice with lentils - hearty lean recipes

If you don’t have time to cook, but you need to cook something, then this analogue of the oriental majadra dish can save you. All you need is rice with lentils, onion and sunflower oil. Cooking will take you no more than 30 minutes. If you also serve a vegetable salad to this dish, then a full lunch or dinner is provided for you. Lentils are rich in vegetable protein, rice perfectly complements them in terms of satiety, therefore, in Arab countries, majadara is called meat for the poor.

based on the majadra recipe

Ingredients:

• Rice - 2 cups
• Lentils (I have yellow) - 1 cup,
• Onion - 2-3 pieces,
• Vegetable oil,
• Spices (ideally baharat, but since we are preparing an analogue, take your favorites).

Cooking process:

The method of preparing this dish is quite simple, as is the composition. Of course, in the countries of the East, this dish is revealed by a special spice, or rather a bouquet of spices, which is called baharat. And it is customary to cook rice with lentils according to this recipe quite spicy. We, however, are not used to such a “fire” in the language, so we will put spices and spices to our taste.

Sort the rice and wash. There are many variations of this dish. And the rice in it can be absolutely any, both white (long or round), and brown, unpolished. You can also use bulgur.

Lentils also need to be washed. It is not necessary to soak before cooking. Lentils, like rice, can be used in any variety and color. Each time the dish will open up for you in a new way.

Part of the onion needs to be chopped into small cubes, and part - into half rings. Coarsely chopped onions will need to be fried separately until caramelized for decoration.

Fry finely chopped onion with vegetable oil. When the onion is lightly browned, transfer it to a saucepan and add 4 cups of water. This step can be done right away in a saucepan or tall saucepan.

Then add rice and lentils. Keep on high heat until it boils. Add salt to taste and spices. If you add turmeric to the dish, it will sparkle with golden colors.

Turn off the fire. Cook rice with lentils until tender, stirring occasionally.

The yellow color is very tender, so it boiled over from joint cooking with rice. That is why there are recipes in which rice and lentils are cooked separately and then mixed. If cook rice with lentils in a slow cooker, there will be no hassle with stirring at all and the dish will be more crumbly.

Serve lentil rice with fried onions. And ideally, fill them with a dish.

This rice and lentil dish pairs well with natural yogurt. Fresh cucumber and mint leaves will also come in handy.

Bon appetit and good recipes!

To prepare 4 servings we need:

Smoked loin - 100-150 gr.

Rice (in our case, a mixture of golden and wild) -? cups, green lentils -? glasses

Carrots - 1 pc., Onions - 2 pcs.

Garlic - 1 clove

Tabasco chipotle sauce - 1 tbsp. l. topless

Ketchup (for lack of fresh tomato at the moment) - 2 tbsp. l.

A mixture of spices (paprika, tomatoes, garlic, coriander, onion, oregano, basil, pepper, turmeric) - 1 tsp.

Vegetable oil - 2-3 tbsp. l.

Water - 1.25 cups

Salt - to taste (but at the very end of cooking!)

Let's get started!

We take a fragrant smoked loin, cut into strips and mix with 1 tablespoon of Tabasco chipotle sauce, which will give the meat a spicy taste with a smoky aroma.

The further procedure is somewhat reminiscent of preparing zirvak for pilaf.

We cut into strips and fry until "ruddy" and the aroma of carrots.

Add chopped onion and fry for another 5 minutes.

Add loin

and fry until the moment when, from the aromas of smoked meat, the stomach begins to perform toccata and fugue in D minor.

At this point, add 1 finely chopped garlic clove (do not overcook!), Mix quickly, after 20-30 seconds - rice, lentils, 2 tablespoons of ketchup. Stir and add 1.25 cups of water.

Add 1 teaspoon of spices

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Preparation

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Prepare

135Kcal / 100 g

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Gluten Free, Lactose Free

For this dish with Armenian roots, rice is well suited, which will remain watery and crumbly after cooking. Take Basmati rice or other long grain rice. Green lentils will also remain crumbly due to the preserved bran shell, which makes them a valuable product for those who eat a balanced diet and lead a healthy lifestyle.
One of my favorite dishes is just plain rice plav with meatless lentils (Armenian "chal kashovi"). This time I decided to add both chicken and lemon zest with juice. It turned out very tasty, with a pleasant lemon note. If you do not like this note, then you can easily do without lemon.

For this dish with Armenian roots, rice is well suited, which will remain watery and crumbly after cooking. Take Basmati rice or other long grain rice. Green lentils will also remain crumbly due to the preserved bran shell, which makes them a valuable product for those who eat a balanced diet and lead a healthy lifestyle.
One of my favorite dishes is just plain rice plav with meatless lentils (Armenian "chal kashovi"). This time I decided to add both chicken and lemon zest with juice. It turned out very tasty, with a pleasant lemon note. If you do not like this note, then you can easily do without lemon.

For this dish with Armenian roots, rice is well suited, which will remain watery and crumbly after cooking. Take Basmati rice or other long grain rice. Green lentils will also remain crumbly due to the preserved bran shell, which makes them a valuable product for those who eat a balanced diet and lead a healthy lifestyle.
One of my favorite dishes is just plain rice plav with meatless lentils (Armenian "chal kashovi"). This time I decided to add both chicken and lemon zest with juice. It turned out very tasty, with a pleasant lemon note. If you do not like this note, then you can easily do without lemon.

Lentils are very useful, they do not accumulate any nitrates or other toxins and are rich in vitamins and microelements. In combination with rice, the digestibility of vegetable protein in it is maximized.

Yellow lentils are cooked faster than other types and varieties of lentils - 15-20 minutes, thus, practically coincides in time with the preparation of friable rice. Therefore, I propose to adopt lentil rice recipe for garnish. The dish goes well with a variety of spices and spices, you can experiment. My side dish was for the most fragrant chicken salted with rosemary. Everything is healthy, satisfying, tasty and approved by the adult men of my family and my baby daughter.

Ingredients

To prepare a side dish of rice with lentils, you will need:

rice - 100 g;
yellow lentils - 100 g;
water - about 1.5 glasses;
cinnamon - stick 3 cm;
star anise - 1 small star;
bay leaf - 1 piece;
fennel - 1 teaspoon;
salt - to taste;
vegetable oil - 1-2 tbsp. spoons.

In addition to cooking chicken with rosemary:

chicken - 2 pieces or more;

salt - 1 kg;

dry rosemary - 2 teaspoons.

Cooking steps

While the chicken is in the oven, you can prepare a side dish of rice with lentils.

Rinse the lentils and rice and mix together.
Add cinnamon, star anise, laurel, fennel and pour water about 2 cm above the level of rice and lentils.

Lentil rice and rosemary chicken side dish prepared according to this simple recipe is time to serve.

Bon appetit!

In the cuisine of the Mediterranean, legumes could rightfully look down on all other cereals. Whether fresh or dried, in the chilly winter or in the unbearable summer heat, bean dishes always have a place on the table of the inhabitants of this region.

Lentils with rice and cumin is a hearty, tasty, healthy and quick dish to prepare.

Ingredients

(for 6 persons)

• 300 grams of large lentils
• 6 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 medium sized red onions, finely chopped
• 1 teaspoon cumin powder
• 3 tablespoons grape vinegar
• 1 cup basmati rice
• ½ bunch fresh cilantro (coriander) or parsley, finely chopped
• salt and freshly ground pepper

How to cook lentils with rice

1. We wash the lentils and put them in boiling salted water. We let it boil - so that it becomes soft, but not boiled. Dump in a colander and set aside.

2. Heat the olive oil in a wide frying pan and throw the onion into it.

3. Reduce the heat to a minimum, sprinkle the onion with cumin, salt and pepper. Stir until the onion begins to caramelize.

4. When our onions, soft and juicy, look like dark marmalade, pour vinegar into it. Stir until the vinegar evaporates.

5. Add lentils to the onion in the pan, mix and turn off the heat.

6. Throw rice into a saucepan with plenty of cold water. From the moment the water boils, leave the rice to cook for 12 minutes.

7. After that, remove the pan from the heat and overturn the rice in a colander.

8. We shift the lentils with onions into a wide deep salad bowl, add rice there, and mix.

9. If necessary, adjust the taste with salt. Pepper with freshly ground pepper, and sprinkle with finely chopped cilantro or parsley on top.