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Indian Spiced Rice with Lentils

  • 1 cup dried lentils
  • 1 cup basmati rice
  • 2 tsp vegetable oil
  • 2 1“ pieces of cinnamon stick
  • 2 whole cloves
  • 1 tsp cumin seeds
  • 3 garlic cloves - finely chopped
  • 2 tsp fresh ginger - chopped
  • 4 1/3 cup water
  • 2 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 1/4 tsp turmeric
  • 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
  • 1 1/2 Tbsp fresh lime juice


  1. Rinse lentils, drain, place in small bowl. Rinse rice, drain, place in another small bowl.
  2. Heat oil in large heavy saucepan over med-high heat. Add cinnamon, cloves, and cumin: saute about 2 min. Add garlic and ginger: saute about 30sec.
  3. Add water, salt, sugar, turmeric; bring to boil. Reduce heat and add lentils and cook 8 min. Increase heat to high, add rice, boil 5 min.
  4. Reduce heat, cover and simmer until lentils and rice are tender and liquid is absorbed, about 8 min longer.
  5. Remove from heat, let stand covered 5 min. Remove cinnamon sticks and cloves. Mix in cilantro and lime juice.


Serves: 6



recipe/indianspicedricewithlentils.txt · Last modified: 2011/12/11 04:24 (external edit)