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Coptic Fasting Lentil Rice

Name: Coptic Fasting Lentil Rice
Total time: 1h
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Egypt
Ingredients: 1 cup brown lentils; 1 cup rice; 3 onions, sliced; 3 tomatoes, grated; 4 garlic cloves; 2 tsp cumin; 1 tsp coriander; 1 tsp chilli; Olive oil; Salt

Coptic Great Lent kitchen — a vegan lentil-and-rice one-pot with caramelised onion, cumin and tomato, kept strictly free of animal fat during the 55-day fast.

1h 6 servings Easy

Ingredients

• 1 cup brown lentils
• 1 cup rice
• 3 onions, sliced
• 3 tomatoes, grated
• 4 garlic cloves
• 2 tsp cumin
• 1 tsp coriander
• 1 tsp chilli
• Olive oil
• Salt

Method

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Boil lentils 15 min; drain.

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1
Boil lentils 15 min; drain.
2
Deep-fry onion in olive oil until dark; reserve.
3
Sauté garlic, tomato and spice in the onion oil.
4
Add rice, lentils and 3 cups water; simmer covered 18 min.
5
Rest 10 min; top with fried onion.