EVA'S LEBANESE COOKING
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EVA'S LEBANESE COOKING

Mujadara

6/13/2015

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Mujadara is a meatless Lebanese dish made with lentils and rice. It was traditionally eaten during Lent when many were fasting from meat. It's also commonly eaten all year round on Fridays (a day when many Lebanese did not eat meat). It's super healthy, delicious, and easy to make. Remember, you can always cut back on the olive oil or any ingredient. Eva loves her olive oil and believe it or not, she has cut back a lot compared to what her mother and grandmother have used in the past! 

Ingredients:
  • 16 ounces or about 2 cups of uncooked lentils
  • 2 medium sized onions and 1 small onion
  • 1 cup of rice
  • Olive oil
  • Salt
  • Pepper
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Instructions:
  1. Rinse lentil and place in medium sized pot on stove. Add 4 cups of water and bring to a boil
  2. While waiting for the water to boil, peel 2 onions and slice the long way (long strips)
  3. In a fairly large skillet, heat 3 tablespoons of olive oil (more or less). After oil is heated, add onions and a couple dashes of salt and sauté until onions are between caramelized and crispy (whatever you prefer). After onions are caramelized (about 12 minutes) remove to a plate and set aside
  4. When lentils begin to boil, turn down heat to medium low
  5. Finely dice a small onion and put aside
  6. Test lentil, if it is cooked and if most of the water has evaporated, add 1 cup of rice, 2 teaspoons of salt, a couple dashes of pepper, and stir together. Add 3 cups of water and bring to a boil and lower heat to low
  7. In the same onion skillet used in step 3, add 2 tablespoons of olive oil and add diced onions and a couple dashes of salt (because pan is hot, these will cook quicker) cook until slightly more than caramelized or a dark brown (back in the day they were burnt, but you can caramelize less if you want)
  8. Add diced onion with its oil mixture to pot (be careful doing this as this may cause your lentil mixture to bubble) and cook on low heat until water is mostly evaporated and rice and lentil are cooked (taste to see if you need more salt). Be sure to stir every 5 minutes
  9. Garnish with caramelized onion strips (we mix the onions in before eating)

Enjoy!
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17 Comments
Bobbie Natividad link
7/19/2016 07:18:28 pm

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susie baranski
10/2/2016 01:27:56 am

Hi, I got confused with the onions because it didn't make sense to me what you were doing with the small one. Could you clarify please. When I cook this I just do all the onions together and then put on top of the lentil/rice mix when serving. Thanks
PS. I'm vegan so this is nice with a salad and coconut yoghurt.

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Eva's Lebanese Cooking
10/3/2016 05:28:00 pm

Hi Susie,

The small diced onion is for mixing in with the mujadara mixture and the two medium ones are for caramelizing and used to garnish the dish once it's cooked. Garnishing with onion is optional, you can definitely just mix it in while it cooks. Sorry for the confusion, we are going to rewrite it so it makes more sense. Thanks for letting us know! :)

Pairing it with coconut yogurt sounds amazing!

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irma link
1/16/2017 08:01:57 pm

love it, this is a very easy and special date.... will try the some next week.

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Lena link
2/12/2017 12:35:56 pm

This is so good! The dish is really easy to make, only few ingredients, but very warming and delicious! Thank you!

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Lina link
3/1/2017 04:10:28 pm

What would the messurmants be if I wanted 2 cups rice, how much water and how much lentils. Thanks

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Lillian
2/4/2018 04:12:34 am

My mom made this alot and she used some ground coriander while cooking the lentils, delicious!

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Cheryl link
2/10/2018 05:50:47 pm

My grandkids love this! I use my mom's recipe which included a little allspice and cumin and the onions mixed in. We squeeze a little fresh lemon on top.

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Denise
10/18/2018 07:14:34 pm

Our family always enjoyed mjudra servered warm. My husbands family ate it cold!
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Miha
2/11/2019 02:01:04 am

I’ve just cooked this and it turned out perfect. Just added a dash of cumin and my husband and I licked our plates. Thank you so much!

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Eva's Lebanese Cooking
2/11/2019 11:00:33 am

Hi Miha, so happy to hear that you guys enjoyed it! :)

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Boston link
10/12/2020 10:47:24 am

My grandmama loved these. :) She made these on her deathbed. The flavor was good, but the aftertaste was to die for. >:)

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Andrea
4/25/2022 05:05:05 pm

hi what kind of lentil? brown?

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Eva's Lebanese Cooking
5/1/2022 08:38:46 am

Hi Andrea, we typically do not use brown lentil with this dish but it could be worth trying! We just use regular lentil found at most Middle Eastern groceries.

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Lala
5/20/2022 09:39:18 pm

Hi Eva, this is my 3rd time making this dish, and we absolutely love it! I just double the caramelized onions and add a bit of Greek yogurt on top. Thank you so much for sharing your simple but extremely delicious lentils and rice!

XOXO,

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Eva's Lebanese Cooking
5/21/2022 06:09:47 am

You are so welcome and that sounds delicious! You can never go wrong with extra onions, and we will have to try it with yogurt too! :)

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