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Creamy lentils rice Recipe
Prep Time | 30 minutes |
Cook Time | 30 minutes |
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Ingredients
- 1 tsp ghee or butter
- tsp ½cumin seeds
- ½ small onion chopped
- tsp ½chopped fresh ginger
- 1 green chilli whole (optional)
- ½ garlic clove finely chopped
- Salt to taste
- 35 g/1¼oz white basmati rice washed
- 35 g/1¼oz split green lentils
- tsp ¼ground turmeric
- tsp ¼garam masala
- tsp ½freshly ground black pepper
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Instructions
- In a large non-stick saucepan melt the ghee. Add the cumin and fry for 20 seconds, until the seeds have coloured and their aroma has been released. Stir in the onion and cook until soft.
- When the onion has cooked, add the chilli, ginger, garlic and salt and cook for a minute before adding the rice, lentils, turmeric and 400ml/14fl oz water.
- Bring to the boil briefly before lowering the heat and simmering gently until the rice and lentils are tender. This should take 20-25 minutes.
- Once tender, stir in the garam masala and pepper and serve.