Lentils with Rice
Lentils with Rice

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

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

This was just a warm bowl of hearty, vegetarian deliciousness. This lentils and rice recipe couldn't be simpler. The lentils and rice can be pretty bland on their own. While the lentils and rice are cooking together, fry the chopped onions until their golden brown and fry the sliced onions until they're crispy.

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

Cooking lentils in a rice cooker is an easy process. This is not a one pot one mush recipe! This is perfectly but separately cooked Lentils and Rice still all in one pot! These lentils and rice cook together in one pot, and feed a crowd. Lentils are the "dahling" of Indian cuisine.

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