Hey everyone, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, lentil pilaf in rice cookerعدس پلو. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
If you are vegetarian skip the minced meat. It goeswell with sauted raisins and some plain yogurt and even fried egg on top for extra. I'd never had lentils before so I didn't know what to expect but they were great.
Lentil pilaf in rice cookerعدس پلو is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Lentil pilaf in rice cookerعدس پلو is something that I have loved my whole life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook lentil pilaf in rice cookerعدس پلو using 14 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Lentil pilaf in rice cookerعدس پلو:
- Take 450 grams lean minced beef/lamb
- Make ready 1 large onion, diced
- Prepare 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
- Prepare Half teaspoon cumin powder
- Take 1 table spoon tomato paste
- Make ready Half teaspoon cinnamon powder
- Get 1 cup seedless raisins washed
- Get 2 cup basmati or other long grain rice
- Make ready 1 cup brown lentil
- Get Salt
- Prepare Black pepper
- Prepare Pinch saffron
- Get Canola oil
- Make ready Plain or greek yogurt to serve
Add broth and lentils; bring to boil. Stir in rice; return to boil. Season pilaf to taste with salt and pepper. Transfer to plates; top with blackened onions.
Steps to make Lentil pilaf in rice cookerعدس پلو:
- Put washed lentils in a pot. Add water and let them cook about 30 mintes. Meanwhile wash and drain the rice. Put the rice in rice cooker along 2 cups water(this is less than usual plain rice). Add half teaspoon of turmeric powder and all the cinnamon powder and some canola oil. Let the rice stand in rice cooker one or 2 hours prior to cooking. Pour 2 table spoon hot water on saffron threads and let saffron water stand 1 to 2 hours covered in a cup prior to start cooking rice.
- In a frying pan heat the oil, fry the onion until golden. Turn on rice cooker. When the water in rice cooker absorb by rice add cooked lentils to rice cooker. Now add remaining turmeric and all the cumin powder to fried onions. Add minced meat and saute until meat change color. Add tomato paste and salt and black pepper and saute few minutes. Cover the meat with enough water. Bring to boil, cover the pan. Cook for about 45 minutes until water finish. Saute raisins in some oil in seprate pan.
- 1 hour after turning on rice cooker, fluff the rice and lentils. Let it steam for another 30 minutes. Now unplug the rice cooker. Pour saffron on top of rice and extra melted butter(if you like butter). Serve the rice with cooked minced meat and sauted raisins and yogurt.
Heat oil, saute onions to light brown color and soft texture. Add rice and lentils and seasonings. Place Lentil Rice Pilaf in middle of heated serving platter and arrange vegetables around it. VARIATION: Use the Lentil Rice Pilaf as a filling to stuff vegetables, such as green peppers, small winter squash, large zucchini etc. Cryovaced cooked lentils come in blocks at many grocery stores.
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