Re: [london.food] Use it or lose it

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From: Joel Bernstein
Subject: Re: [london.food] Use it or lose it
Date: 16:31 on 29 Mar 2004
On Mon, Mar 29, 2004 at 04:22:40PM +0100, Simon Wistow wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 27, 2004 at 08:04:21PM +0000, Kate L Pugh said:
> > Anyway.  I also have a kilo and a half of lentils.  That's what size
> > the bag was, and they're good for me anyway, so I should eat more of
> > them.  This isn't a problem, since I adore lentils almost as much as
> > aubergines.  Lentils go with anything!
> 
> I had a really nice (lebanese?) lentil dish with someone the other day. 
> The recipe, I think is.
> 
> Saute some onions (about 1 medium one per person) in olive oil until
> deliciously brown and then chuck in some some lentils, salt and water
> for about 15 minutes and then add the same amount of rice (having
> searched for a better description it seems that if you do this with
> brown rice they should go in at the same time) and cook until they're
> both done. 
> 
> Stir it all together since the onions will have risen to the top and 
> serve with yoghurt. It was really nice, much more so than I thought. 
> 
> I plan to experiment by adding fried aubergines or something at the end, 
> possibly with some harissa. Maybe bunging some cumin in with the 
> lentils.
> 
> Ah, apparently it's called 'majudarrah'

Is that the4 same as Mejedra? Sounds like it is... and the recipe sounds
plausible. Yeah, needs cumin and coriander.

/joel

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