Kameel Majdali's Road Ahead

This is a vegetarian main meal delight. Popular in Egypt and the Middle East, m’judarra is a simple lentil and rice with spice dish. Topped with golden-fried onions and plain yoghurt, it is a taste sensation. 1 ½ cups brown lentils, washed and drained. 1 ½ t. salt 5 cups water 2 medium-sized onions, cut in half and finely sliced (or make more if you like golden brown onions) 150 ml light olive oil 1 cup or less (1/2 cup) long-grain rice, washed and drained. Spices: Choose one. Cinnamon or curry powder or cumin to taste. Place lentils in a saucepan with salt and 3 cups water. Cover and bring to a boil. Add a further cup of water and boil for approximately 15 minutes. While lentils are cooking, fry onion in oil until dark brown or golden (be sure not to burn). Set aside a generous part of the onion s and add the reminder, together with its oil, to the boiling water . Add rice and stir. Add remaining water, add one of the three spices listed above to ta...

This buttery rice with golden noodles makes a wonderful addition to any dish. Makes 6 cups 3 cups short grain rice 1/2 cup butter Stock or stock cubes 1/2 cup egg noodles, broken up 1               Wash the rice and soak it for a least an hour, or 2 or overnight. The longer, the better. It will be more nutritious, too; 2               Melt the butter in the pot. Make sure the heat is not too high or it will burn. Lightly brown the broken egg noodles until golden 3               Quickly add the drained rice into the pot and stir until nicely coated with the butter and noodle mixture, add salt as desired and stir again. 4               Add cold stock or water (with stock cubes) until it is 2 cm ab...