Simple Way to Prepare Award-winning Lentils with Rice

Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, lentils with rice. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Lentils with Rice is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Lentils with Rice is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

Serve lentils and rice topped with the caramelized onions, chopped fresh parsley, lemon wedges, and Greek yogurt if desired. 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.

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

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. Cover the saucepan tightly and reduce heat to low.

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

Add the rice and the soaked Lentils. Cover the saucepan tightly and reduce heat to low. Come back in twenty minutes, not before. Lentils are the "dahling" of Indian cuisine. Plate the lentils with the rice.

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