Lentil pilaf in rice cookerعدس پلو
Lentil pilaf in rice cookerعدس پلو

Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, lentil pilaf in rice cookerعدس پلو. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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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 protein. Please note that cooked lentils make the rice.

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

In Greece there's a recipe called fakorizo, which means lentil rice, and is usually made with the leftover Greek lentil soup of the precious day, following the same philosophy as fasoulorizo, the traditional Greek white bean risotto. In Cyprus there's a similar dish with rice and lentils called. Meanwhile, in a medium pot place the lentils and cover them with the water. Turn off the heat and set aside.

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.

In a large frying pan heat the ghee and fry the chopped onion until soft and lightly golden. 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 protein. Cook at a boil until the lentils are just tender. Add the rice, salt and olive oil, and bring back to a boil.

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