Khaleeji

Muaddas (Spiced Lentil Rice)

Name: Muaddas (Spiced Lentil Rice)
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Khaleeji
Ingredients: 1 cup brown lentils; 1 cup basmati rice; 2 onion; 3 tbsp cooking oil; 1 tsp ground cumin; 1/2 tsp baharat; 1 tsp salt; 4 cups water

Fatima @fatima_machboos

Muaddas (Spiced Lentil Rice) is Khaleeji home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

45 min Medium High fiber Vegetarian Vegan Halal Gluten free Dairy free Pescatarian

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

1 cup brown lentils
1 cup basmati rice
2 onion
3 tbsp cooking oil
1 tsp ground cumin
1/2 tsp baharat
1 tsp salt
4 cups water

How to cook it

Rinse the lentils and simmer in 3 cups of the water until just tender, about 20 minutes, then drain, reserving the cooking liquid.
Meanwhile heat the oil in a wide pan and cook the thinly sliced onion over medium heat, stirring often, until deeply caramelized, about 15 minutes; lift out half for a topping.
Add the cumin and baharat to the pan with the remaining onion and cook 1 minute.
Stir in the rice, the cooked lentils, the salt, and enough reserved liquid topped up with water to reach 2 cups.
Bring to a boil, cover, reduce the heat to low, and cook until the rice is tender, about 15 minutes.
Fluff and serve topped with the reserved caramelized onion.

Watch how to cook Muaddas (Spiced Lentil Rice)

Someone making it start to finish, so you can see what the steps look like.

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Serve it with

A Khaleeji dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Muaddas (Spiced Lentil Rice), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

What it is eaten with
- Ruz Mfalfal (Buttered Basmati Rice)
  
  25 min
Something cool and fresh
- Cucumber and Laban Salad
  
  15 min
The sharp little thing
- Dakkous (Gulf Tomato Relish)
  
  20 min

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand. Muaddas (Spiced Lentil Rice) carries none of them. That is a checked answer rather than an ingredient list nobody read.

Every tracked allergen in Muaddas (Spiced Lentil Rice)
Allergen	In this dish
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	No
Gluten	No
Shellfish	No
Eggs	No
Soy	No
Fish	No
Sesame	No
Coconut	No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 450 kcal
Protein: 16 g
Carbs: 74 g
Fat: 10 g
Fiber: 7 g
Sugar: 3 g
Sodium: 290 mg
Saturated fat: 1 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Muaddas (Spiced Lentil Rice) takes about 45 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.