Comments on: Mujadara: Rice, Lentils & Caramelized Onions

By: hellosal

hellosal — Mon, 23 May 2011 02:49:47 +0000

This is not a fancy recipe but it is definitely five mitts for making a great dish with the most basic and inexpensive of ingredients. The kids love it. A salad of cucumbers and tomatoes on the side and dinner is served for seven people for only a few dollars!

I made one change in that I used brown rice and added it at the same time as the lentils to account for the increased cooking time of brown rice v. white rice. It turned out great.

By: browngrl

browngrl — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 20:08:12 +0000

just saw the comment on using green or red lentils – red lentils will go mushy and are better for soups – if you want to substitute green lentils – use Puy lentils (they are a bit smaller than green lentils but maintain their shape better – taste about the same though)

By: browngrl

browngrl — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 20:05:52 +0000

I have been tying to eat more beans so I was happy to find this recipe. I did make some changes. I toasted the cumin and increased the amount to about 1 1/2 tsp, I added a cinnamon stick and a bit of chili garlic sauce to the lentil/rice/water mix. I carmelized the onions with a little bit of balsamic vinegar and maple syrup and used part oil/butter to carmelize the onions. I served it topped with a “salad” of tomatoes, green onions, fresh mint, lemon and parsley. It was great – thanks for giving me a great recipe idea!

By: michelleok

michelleok — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 22:28:52 +0000

Even the men and kids like this one! Delicious main dish. I caramelized all the onions at once. Made it a fairly quick meal.

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 23:02:11 +0000

Loved it.

By: kathipaul

kathipaul — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:34:23 +0000

I thought I would love this dish, but I just didn’t. The flavors were too subtle for me, and the texture too mushy. A small portion would be good as a side dish, but I was really looking for a lentil dish that could work as a main course.

Also, this dish took an hour to make. It is not a difficult dish, but caramelizing the onions takes a lot of patience, and a very long time. I think that changing the recipe to start caramelizing the second set of onions earlier in the process would have significantly sped this up.

I’m sorry to say that I will not be making this again.

By: teachermomofthree

teachermomofthree — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 23:59:15 +0000

I made this for dinner tonight. It was really good. I did have to add a bit more salt than the recipe called for though.

We had pita bread and roasted red pepper hummus with it. We thought the hummus made a great addition.

I will be making this again.

By: lurach

lurach — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 23:48:15 +0000

We had this for dinner tonight along with homemade hummus and pitas, and this is a wonderful recipe for Mujadara. I made two alterations to accommodate the ingredients I had on hand:

1. I used beef stock in place of the water because I had some that needed to be used up.

2. I only had brown rice in the pantry, so I used that in place of the white rice and added it at the same time as the lentils and cooked it the full 40 minutes.

The Hubby started commenting on how good it smelled when he walked in the door from work…and he ate 2 helpings. Success!! Thank you so much for the recipe.

By: lurach

lurach — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 23:33:29 +0000

I made this for our Middle Eastern dinner night, and it was fantastic! My husband and I agree that it’s even better than the Mujadara at our favorite Mediterranean restaurant. I will definitely be making this again!

By: emilyjean

emilyjean — Tue, 18 May 2010 03:23:57 +0000

I made this for dinner tonight. We all enjoyed it and agreed it should on the “do again” list. We like ours with pita bread and a small dollop of light sour cream.