Hey everyone, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, green lentil-rice with yogurt sauce. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

To serve, fluff rice and lentils and top with a dollop of yogurt sauce and toppings. Green Lentil-Rice with Yogurt Sauce spiceinthebox. Make it: Yogurt Sauce: Whisk all the ingredients together in bowl and refrigerate until serving time.

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To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have green lentil-rice with yogurt sauce using 17 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Green Lentil-Rice with Yogurt Sauce:

1. Make ready Rice and Lentils:
2. Make ready 2 Pound Onions, sliced 1/4 inch thick
3. Get 1 1/2 Cup Vegetable Oil
4. Get 1 1/4 Cup Green Lentils, Rinsed
5. Make ready 1 1/4 Cup Basmati Rice
6. Get 3 Garlic Cloves, minced
7. Get 1 Tsp Coriander Powder
8. Make ready 1/2 Tsp Cinnamon Powder
9. Get 1/2 Tsp Chili Powder
10. Take 1/2 Tsp Garam Masala
11. Make ready 1 Tsp Sugar
12. Prepare to taste Salt and Pepper
13. Take Yogurt Sauce:
14. Get 1 Cup Whole-milk yogurt
15. Prepare 2 Tbs Lemon Juice
16. Take 1/2 Tsp Garlic minced
17. Get 1/2 Tsp Salt

Halve the cherry tomatoes or quarter them, if large. It means lentils that stand-out in rice, have some bite and texture and are not dissolved in rice. I pretty much grew up eating that with yogurt raita. Our version is prepared with skinless split Yellow Peas.

Instructions to make Green Lentil-Rice with Yogurt Sauce:

1. Yogurt Sauce: Whisk all the ingredients together in bowl and refrigerate until serving time.
2. Cook onions and oil on a large non stick pan over high heat, stirring often, until golden brown in color. It will take about 25-30 minutes. Drain onions in colander set in large bowl, reserving 3 tbs oil. Transfer onions to paper towel-lined baking sheet.
3. Simultaneously, bring lentils, 4 cups water and 1 tsp salt to boil in medium saucepan over high heat. Reduce heat to low and cook until lentils are tender, 15 to 17 minutes. Drain and set aside.
4. While onions and lentils cook, place rice in medium bowl, add hot water to cover by 2 inches and let stand for 15 minutes. Using hands, gently wash grains to release excess starch. Carefully pour off water. Repeat adding and poring off cold water 4 to 5 times until water runs almost clear.Drain rice in fine-mesh strainer.
5. Heat 3 tbs reserved onion oil, garlic, coriander, cumin,cinnamon, Garam Masala, pepper and chili powder in same pan over medium heat until fragrant about 2 minutes. Stir in rice and cook, stirring occasionally until edges of rice begin to turn translucent for about 3 minutes. Stir in 2 1/4 cups water, sugar and salt to taste and bring to boil.
6. Stir in lentils, reduce heat to low, cover and cook until all liquid is absorbed about 12 minutes.
7. Remove pot from heat, lay clean folded dish towel underneath lid, and let sit for 10 minutes. Fluff rice and lentils with fork and half of onions. Transfer to serving platter and top with remaining onions.and Serve with yogurt sauce

Legume used for Mujadara is disk shaped skin-on Brown Lentils or Green Lentils. Place the lentils into a pot and cover with the water. Meanwhile, rinse the rice in cold water until water comes out clear. Remove sauce from heat and stir in lemon zest, lemon juice and salt; let cool to warm. (If not using right away, transfer to container, cover and refrigerate until serving. Drain lentil mixture in strainer; transfer to large serving bowl.

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