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Red Lentil Rice
Ingredients
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1/2
cup chopped onion (1 medium)
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1
teaspoon cumin seeds, crushed
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1/2
teaspoon salt
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1/8
teaspoon cayenne pepper
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2
cloves garlic, minced
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1
tablespoon olive oil
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1 1/3
cups uncooked basmati rice or long grain rice
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2
14 ounce can chicken broth
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1/2
cup water
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1
cup frozen peas
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1/2
cup dry red lentils, rinsed and drained
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1/4
cup snipped fresh mint
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1
teaspoon garam masala
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1
recipe Yogurt Raita
Directions
1. In a 4-quart Dutch oven cook and stir onion, cumin seeds, salt, cayenne pepper, and garlic in hot oil over medium heat for 2 minutes; add rice. Cook and stir for 1 minute more. Carefully add broth and water. Bring to boiling; reduce heat. Simmer, covered, for 10 minutes.
2. Stir peas and lentils into onion mixture. Return to boiling; reduce heat. Simmer, covered, for 8 to 10 minutes more or until lentils are just tender. Remove Dutch oven from heat; stir in mint and garam masala. Let stand, covered, for 5 minutes before serving. Serve with Yogurt Raita. Makes 6 main-dish servings.
Yogurt Raita
Ingredients
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1
6 ounce carton plain yogurt
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3/4
cup chopped, seeded cucumber (1 small)
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1/2
cup chopped, seeded tomato (1 medium)
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1
tablespoon snipped fresh mint
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1/8
teaspoon salt
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Dash ground black pepper
Directions
In a medium bowl stir together yogurt, cucumber, tomato, mint, salt, and black pepper.
Nutrition Facts
(Red Lentil Rice)
- Servings Per Recipe 6,
- Calories 274,
- Protein (gm) 10,
- Carbohydrate (gm) 50,
- Fat, total (gm) 3,
- Cholesterol (mg) 3,
- Saturated fat (gm) 1,
- Dietary Fiber, total (gm) 4,
- Sodium (mg) 827,
- Potassium (mg) 333,
- Calcium (DV %) 91,
- Iron (DV %) 3,
- Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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