Saturday, October 13, 2012

quinoa with chickpeas and tomatoes


1 cup quinoa
1.75 cups water
1 cup chickpeas
1 tomato (chopped)
1 clove garlic (minced)
3 tbsp lime juice
olive oil
1/2 tsp ground cumin
salt/pepper to taste

Combine quinoa and water and cook ~15-20 mins until water is absorbed.  Then stir in chickpeas, tomatoes, garlic, lime juice and olive oil, cumin, salt and pepper.  Heat and serve.

Adapted from allrecipes.com

mugaddara (beans and rice and onions)

3/4 cup lentils (I used Fench lentils, aka Puy)
1 tsp salt, divided
1 cup rice
2 tbsp butter
3 tbsp olive oil
2 large onions or 3 medium onions

1 single serving size greek yogurt
1/2 tsp cumin
1/2 tsp corriander
1/4 tsp cayanne
juice and zest of 1/2 lemon
1/4 tsp salt

Slice onions very thin and cook in the butter and 2 tbsp of the olive oil over med heat.  Once softened (~5 mins) turn up to med-high heat and cook 10-12 mins.  Add remaining tbsp of oil and turn up to high, cook another 5ish minutes until bottom onions are a little crispy.

Cook lentils with 1/2 tsp salt in 4 cups water, ~20 mins.  Drain

Cook rice with 1/2 tsp salt in 1.5 cups water ~15 mins, let sit 5 mins after they are done cooking.  Combine rice and lentils in one large pot, add onions when onions are done cooking.  Let sit ~15 mins to let flavors meld.

Mix together all yogurt and spices and serve with mixture.

Adapted from food52.com