Darcy'S Dal Me In!
- 2 cups red lentils washed.
- 1/2 cup brown (small grain) rice
- 1 small yellow onion chopped
- 1 clove garlic minced
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbs chopped parsely + / or Clinatro
- 4 cups water
- 1/2 tsp cumin
- 1 tsp minced fresh ginger
- optional but reccomemded: (1 stalk chopped celery, 1 chopped carrot, a few thin slices of jalipeno pepper, 1/4 tsp chile powder , a pinch of turmeric, cubed summer squash or zucchini, steamed greens like left over spinach or cooked kale, just a handfull will do! )
- 1 tbs olive oil to the pan. Salt and pepper to taste
- Lime Salt: Course ground sea salt 4 tbs, add zest of 1 lime and stir. Use by pinching a few finger full and tossing over food. Store remainder in a sealed container.
- Add oil, onion and begin saute in a 4 quart steel lidded pan. Add ginger, garlic, cumin, parsely and stir. Add optinal veggies at this point and stir. Add lentils, rice and water, cover with lid. Keep a little extra water on hand in case it thickens too quickly. Cook on meduim to low heat until lentils disolve and rice is tender about 2o minutes. Add peppers and stir. Let sit for a few minutes to let water absorb.
red lentils washed, brown, onion, garlic, olive oil, clinatro, water, cumin, fresh ginger, celery, olive oil, salt
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/darcys-dal-me-in-50084531 (may not work)