Dinner Tonight: Koshary (Rice, Lentils, and Pasta with Tomato Garlic Sauce)

Name: Dinner Tonight: Koshary (Rice, Lentils, and Pasta with Tomato Garlic Sauce)
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 454 grams tomato sauce; 3 cardamom pods; 2 sticks cinnamon; 1 teaspoons whole coriander; 170 grams dried brown lentils; 227 grams elbow macaroni, or any other compact pasta shape; 1 Tbsps garlic, chopped; 5 Tbsps olive oil; 1 large onion, thinly sliced; 473 milliliters long-grain rice; 4 servings Salt and pepper; 4 servings Tomato and Garlic Sauce; 59 milliliters vinegar; 710 milliliters water; 1 teaspoons whole cumin

Need a vegan main course? Dinner Tonight: Koshary (Rice, Lentils, and Pasta with Tomato Garlic Sauce) could be an excellent recipe to try. One portion of this dish contains about 29g of protein, 18g of fat, and a total of 919 calories. This recipe serves 4. A mixture of cumin, rice, tomato and garlic sauce, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty. To use up the vinegar you could follow this main course with the Vinegar Pie as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 1 hour.

Instructions

Pour olive oil into a medium-sized saucepan set over medium heat.

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Olive Oil

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Sauce Pan

Add garlic and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds.

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Garlic

Add the tomato sauce. Simmer this until slightly thickened, about 10 minutes.

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Tomato Sauce

Add the water and vinegar, and turn the heat to high. When it starts to boil, immediately turn off the heat.

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Vinegar

Water

Transfer to a medium-sized bowl, season with salt to taste, and set aside.

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Salt

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Bowl

Pour one tablespoon of olive oil into a heavy-bottomed 12-inch stainless steel skillet set over medium-high heat. When shimmering, add onion and stir well. Once coated in the oil, reduce heat to low and cook until heavily caramelized, about 45 minutes to an hour. Stir often.

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Onion

Cooking Oil

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Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 350°F". Also, fill a medium-sized pot with water and bring to a boil over high heat.

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Water

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Add the lentils, and then reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer until cooked, but still al dente, about 15 minutes.

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Lentils

Drain lentils and set aside to cool.

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Lentils

Refill medium-sized pot with water and bring to a boil over high heat.

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Water

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Pot

Add pasta and cook according to the directions on the packaging. When al dente, drain pasta, and dump in a medium-sized bowl.

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Pasta

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Bowl

Add one tablespoon of oil, and toss well.

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Cooking Oil

Pour two tablespoons of olive oil into a dutch oven set over medium heat.

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Olive Oil

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Dutch Oven

Add the cinnamon sticks and stick until fragrant.

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Cinnamon Stick

Add the cardamom, cumin, and rice. Stir well, and cook until the spices are aromatic, and about half of the rice is opaque. Then pour in the water. Bring it to a boil, stir well, and the cover the dutch oven.

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