Step-by-Step Guide to Prepare Homemade Tender Lentils and Rice

Hello everybody, it’s Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, tender lentils and rice. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have tender lentils and rice using 6 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Tender Lentils and Rice:

1. Prepare 1 cup Lentils
2. Take 1 cup Rice
3. Get 3 and 1/2 cups Water
4. Get 1 Onion sliced
5. Take 1 Zucchini cut in cubes (optional)
6. Take 1 Tomato cut in cubes (optional)

Instructions to make Tender Lentils and Rice:

1. Boil water, add some salt and throw the lentils in there. Cover the pot and lower the fire to medium-low just to keep a simmer. Set timer for 15 minutes.
2. In a separate frying pan, fry around the sliced onions until brown. Set aside half of it for later.
3. (Optional step for additional sauteed veggies) Add the zucchini to the remaining onions in the pan then stir-fry the whole until zucchini is tender. Add tomatoes a bit before turning off the fire. Add salt and pepper to taste.
4. Once 15 minutes have past for the lentils, pour in the rice and add the onions you set aside earlier. Mix a bit. Cover the pot again and let simmer for another 15 min.
5. (If you didn't do the sauteed veggies) Continue to stir fry half of the onions until darker brown. Set aside.
6. After 15 minutes, taste the lentils-rice. It should be tender and look humid (not dry). If it's crunchy, leave it a bit longer.
7. To serve, add the darker brown onions or the sauteed veggies to the mix. And voilà!

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