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Well, according to wikipedia, there are other names for it; including: Mujaddara, mejadra and mudardara. So I looked up these recipes:
mejadra:
Ingredients
2 onions
1 cup of rice
1 cup of green lentils
1 tsp of salt
1/2 a tsp of black pepper
Boil lentils for half a hour in water.
Chop onions and fry them until there almost burned.
Add rice to onion and fry together.
Add lentils to rice and onion, add four cups of boiling water, the salt and pepper.
Cook with lid on, on low heat until there is no water left.
Mujaddara
1 large onion, cut into thin strips
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
1/2 cup lentils, washed and soaked for 30 minutes
1 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
4 cups water
1 1/2 cups Basmati rice
Fry the onions in oil until tender. Remove the onions and spread on a plate covered with paper towels to absorb the extra oil.
To the oil, add the lentils, salt, 3 tablespoons oil and water. Bring to a boil with occasional stirring.
Add the rice, bring back to a boil and let boil until most of the water is absorbed.
Reduce the heat to low and let simmer 15-20 minutes or until rice and lentils are tender. Add more water if needed.
To serve, spoon rice mixture onto a large platter then sprinkle the fried onions on top of the rice. Sprinkle with a dash of salt.
mudardara
1 cup uncooked lentils
4 cups water
2 large red onions, julienne
1/2/ cup oil
1 cup uncooked burgle #3
Add salt to taste
Rinse lentils ad add to water. Bring to boil and cook over medium heat for 15 minutes. Meanwhile sauté onions in oil until golden brown.Remove from pan and rinse frying pan with 2 teaspoon of lentil water. Add this residue, burgle and salt to lentils. Cook for 20-25 minutes until done or until burgleand lentils are fluffy. Place on a serving platter and completely cover the Moudardara with fried onions. Served hot or cold.
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