Recipe

Fancy Brown Rice And French Green Lentils Recipe

	Darmorrow / All my dishes 2 years ago This is a really nice side dish for Indian dishes. I make it when the main dish isn't really saucy as we like to add the sauce to the rice. This is from Vij's cookbook. They won an award for this cookbook and I highly recommend it to anyone that like... More Prep:5m Cook:75m Servings:6	Darmorrow
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Ingredients

1 cup French green lentils- don't use regular green lentils as they mush out and totally change the texture oft the dish. The french green lentils keep their shape

1 cup brown basmati rice

1 tbsp canola oil

1 tbsp ghee

1/2 tsp asafoetida

1 Tbsp cumin seeds

1 cup finely chopped onions

1 inch cinnamon

1/2 tsp turmeric

1 tsp salt

1/2 tsp cayenne

6 cups water

1 cup coconut milk, stirred, low fat

Directions

Combine rice and lentils. Wash thoroughly - rinsing twice. Set aside.

In a pot large enough to cook the rice and lentils melt the ghee and oil together. Heat o high for 1 minute

Add asafoetida and stir for 15 seconds.

Add cumin seeds immediately, stir and let sizzle 30 seconds.

Reduce heat to medium, add onions and cinnamon, stirring well into the cumin seeds.

Saute onions for 8-10 minutes or until brown

Add turmeric, salt and cayenne. Cook 1 minute.

Add water, coconut milt and the mixed lentils and rice.

Increase heat to high and bring to boil.

cover and simmer for at 1 least 1 hour,

Stir and ;make sure rice cooked.

Let rice to sit 5 minutes.

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Comments

jimrug1 1 year, 4 months ago said:
I love the sound of this. I will put this on my short list and let you know how it comes out... Thanks for the recipe... Jim

trigger 1 year, 4 months ago said:
Nice recipe, I have been making this type of recipe for a year now. I love the spice blend and the texture of the basmati rice.
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seraphsody 5 months, 2 weeks ago said:
... this is actually my soul's food... The food I was meant to eat.

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