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Rice with lentils
Photo: Pille R. Priske

Rice with lentils

5 ingredients 7 steps fandom
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

440
Calories
13g
Protein
14g
Fat
65g
Carbs

Counts 4 of 5 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 4 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Rice 1 cup cooked (158g) white 206
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Lentils 1/2 cup cooked (99g) 115
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Water not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup dried lentils
  • 2 or 3 tablespoons oil
  • 1/2 to 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1+1/2 cups water
  • 3/4 cup good rice

Directions

1

Wash the dried lentils and soak them for two hours. Drain.

2

Bring the water, salt, and oil to a boil in a saucepan.

3

Add the rice and the soaked lentils.

4

Cover the saucepan tightly and reduce heat to low.

5

Come back in twenty minutes, not before.

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