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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Asian >> Middle Eastern >> Rest Middle Eastern

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. In a large saucepan, bring salted water to a boil and simmer lentils on low for 20 - 30 minutes, or until tender. Drain water from lentils and set aside. | 2. In a pan, saute the onions and garlic in oil. Add raisins, dates, and spices, except saffron. Mix well and set aside. | 3. Cook rice as you would like. For a sure-fire way, I use my rice cooker. Rinse the rice under cold water until the water runs clear. Add to rice cooker and cover with 2 cups water. Add 1/2 teaspoon salt and a drizzle of oil. Cook. Once rice is done, transfer cooked rice to a large bowl. | 4. In the same pot (or your rice cooker), add oil to just cover the bottom surface. Add potato slices. | 5. Add a layer of rice. | 6. Add a layer of lentil-raisin mixture. | 7. Continue layering, ending with a final layer of rice. | 8. Cover and cook (on medium heat in a pot or just hit "cook" button on your rice cooker) for 10 minutes. | 9. Drizzle melted butter and saffron water over your rice. | 10. Cover the top of your pot or rice cooker with a tea towel to prevent steam from escaping, and top with lid. | 11. Cook on low for 30 minutes. You want to make the potatoes crispy, so they must cook slowly. In the rice cooker, I continuously hit the cook button so this process (called tadig) can happen. It's totally worth it! | 12. Serve. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
lentil	1 1/2	cups	soaked	122.43	25.5717	10.3488	0.6353
basmati rice	2	cups		-	-	-	-
water	2	cups		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
onion	1		sliced	64.0	14.944	1.76	0.16
garlic clove	3		minced	13.41	2.9754	0.5724	0.045
salt	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
pepper	1/4	teaspoon		1.4432	0.3677	0.0597	0.0187
turmeric	1/2	teaspoon		4.68	1.0071	0.1452	0.0488
cinnamon	1/4	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
nutmeg	1/8	teaspoon		1.4438	0.1355	0.0161	0.0999
cardamom	1/4	teaspoon		1.555	0.3424	0.0538	0.0335
cumin	1/8	teaspoon		0.9844	0.1161	0.0468	0.0585
saffron	1/2	teaspoon		1.085	0.2288	0.04	0.0205
raisin	3/4	cup		373.725	98.406	4.1951	0.5692
date	3/4	cup	pitted chopped	310.905	82.7206	2.7011	0.43
potato	1		sliced	-	-	-	-
canola oil				-	-	-	-
butter	1/4	cup	melted	342.0	15.714	10.686	28.8

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