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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  African >> Northern Africa >> Moroccan

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Place the lentils in a medium saucepan. | 2. Add garlic, spices, and 3 cups of water. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring occasionally. | 3. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer 40 minutes, stirring once halfway through cooking time. | 4. While lentils are cooking, bring 1 cup of water to a boil in a small saucepan. | 5. Remove from heat, stir in couscous, cover, and set aside for 15 minutes. | 6. Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add onion and cook, stirring frequently, until onion is nicely browned, about 10 minutes. | 7. Add lentils to skillet and mix well. | 8. Remove and discard bay leaf. Serve lentils over couscous. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
lentil	1	cup	uncooked	81.62	17.0478	6.8992	0.4235
garlic clove	4		crushed	-	-	-	-
cumin	1	teaspoon	ground	7.875	0.929	0.374	0.4677
salt	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
pepper	1/8	teaspoon		0.7216	0.1839	0.0299	0.0094
cinnamon	1/16	teaspoon	ground	-	-	-	-
bay leaf	1			-	-	-	-
water	3	cups		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
vegetable oil	2	teaspoons		78.1547	0.0	0.0	9.0667
onion	2	cups	cut	128.0	29.888	3.52	0.32
couscous	1/2	cup	uncooked	325.24	66.977	11.0374	0.5536

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