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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  African >> Middle Eastern >> Egyptian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. In a large dutch oven with a lid, Saute onions in olive oil until nicely browned. | 2. Add garlic. cook about 45 seconds. | 3. Add lentils and water. bring to a boil. | 4. Lower heat to med low, cook about 25 minute covered. | 5. Raise heat to medium, add tomatoes and cumin, coriander, and allspice. | 6. Cover, and Cook 10 minutes. | 7. Meanwhile cook pasta in boiling water. drain. | 8. Save that pot, you will need it shortly. | 9. Remove lid from tomato mixture and add salt and pepper. cook another 10 minute. | 10. In that saved empty pasta cooking pot, heat one Tbs oil. | 11. Add cumin seeds, when start to pop add cooked pasta and rice (and optional garbanzos). toss then dump in with tomato/lentil mixture. | 12. Serve with toasted pita bread on the side (I like to melt some cheese in it since I'm bein' so healthy!). | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
olive oil	3	tablespoons		358.02	0.0	0.0	40.5
onion	1/2		chopped	32.0	7.472	0.88	0.08
garlic clove	2		minced	8.94	1.9836	0.3816	0.03
brown lentil	3/4	cup	rinsed	-	-	-	-
water	2	cups		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
tomato	1	can	diced diced	62.068999999999996	13.7631	3.2384	0.5397
cumin	1	teaspoon	ground	7.875	0.929	0.374	0.4677
coriander	1/2	teaspoon	ground	2.682	0.4949	0.1113	0.1599
allspice	1/4	teaspoon	ground	1.2492	0.3426	0.0289	0.0413
salt	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
pepper	1/4	teaspoon		1.4432	0.3677	0.0597	0.0187
pasta	2	cups		-	-	-	-
cumin seed	1/2	teaspoon		7.875	0.929	0.374	0.4677
olive oil	1	tablespoon		358.02	0.0	0.0	40.5
brown rice	1	cup	cooked	573.54	120.8384	11.4234	4.3924
garbanzo bean	1/2	can	drained	566.7166	94.3778	30.6897	9.0555

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.