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Mujadara

Lentils and rice under a pile of onions fried until they are almost too dark. If the colour does not worry you slightly, keep going.

Rami HaddadBeirut → DetroitCooks it in a pot his mother sent over in a suitcase in 2019.

Serves4Active35 minTotal1 hr 5 minVesselWide heavy pot

WIDE POT OVER MEDIUM HEAT · THIS TAKES LONGER THAN YOU WANT

in the pot where you are still on the counter

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Slice them the same thickness or the thin ones burn while the thick ones are still pale. This is the only knife work in the recipe, so do it properly.
Rami · Detroit
One stir to distribute, then hands off. Stirring rice is how you get glue.
Rami · Detroit

cooking far from the shop you learned in

In DetroitRami
Bulgur instead of rice, same quantity, ten minutes less. That is how half of Beirut actually eats it.
In ParisZeina
Green lentils from the supermarket here hold their shape better than brown. Give them five extra minutes.

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