Hey everyone, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, lentil pilaf in rice cookerعدس پلو. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

As a child in Syria, Sal Tompkins loved this meatless pilaf she calls mjadara. Petite French green lentils (also called Le Puy) keep their shape better than brown ones. A few veggies, some rice, lentils and a savory vegetable broth combine to make this tasty side that's a definite keeper! Delicious, simple and satisfying lentil and rice pilaf , another classic Armenian dish.

Lentil pilaf in rice cookerعدس پلو is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They are fine and they look wonderful. Lentil pilaf in rice cookerعدس پلو is something which I’ve loved my whole life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have lentil pilaf in rice cookerعدس پلو using 14 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Lentil pilaf in rice cookerعدس پلو:

1. Prepare 450 grams lean minced beef/lamb
2. Take 1 large onion, diced
3. Get 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
4. Take Half teaspoon cumin powder
5. Prepare 1 table spoon tomato paste
6. Take Half teaspoon cinnamon powder
7. Prepare 1 cup seedless raisins washed
8. Make ready 2 cup basmati or other long grain rice
9. Prepare 1 cup brown lentil
10. Prepare Salt
11. Prepare Black pepper
12. Make ready Pinch saffron
13. Prepare Canola oil
14. Get Plain or greek yogurt to serve

Cooking this pilaf in a rice cooks saves space on your stove for cooking other things. The ingredients are basic and the recipe is easy to make since you can do it in the rice cooker. My husband and I were very impressed with how good this turned out, especially since I hardly did any work at all! Put the lentils in a medium saucepan and cover with cold water.

Steps to make Lentil pilaf in rice cookerعدس پلو:

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.

My husband and I were very impressed with how good this turned out, especially since I hardly did any work at all! Put the lentils in a medium saucepan and cover with cold water. Add the bay leaf, thyme sprig, garlic and onion and bring to a boil. Brown Lentils and Basmati Rice are cooked together along with onions and fragrant spices; a lighter version of the traditional middle eastern mujaddara. Wash the rice and drain repeatedly till the water runs clear.

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