Moadas

Name: Moadas
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Ingredients: 1 cup basmati brown rice (sprouted); ½ cup red lentils (sprouted); 2 tbl tomato paste; Filtered water; 1 tbl of spice mix (coriander, cumin, fennel, caraway seeds); 1 bay leaf (preferably fresh); Sea/rock salt; Black pepper; 2 tsp olive oil; Parsley; Kimchi; Plum tomatoes (confit); Sunny side up or poached egg; Pickled shallots

5 steps

Prep:20minCook:1h

This is my adaptation of Kuwaiti rice and lentil dish. The ultimate comfort food and a warming dish especially now with the change of weather and kids being back to school. Keep it simple or add to extra flavors like an egg cooked however you like, pickles like pickled mushroom or shallots, fermented vegetables like kimchi, confit veggies like garlic or cherry tomatoes. The spice mix I used here is the same as the one I posted prior to this recipe. To learn how to sprout, pickle, ferment, confit, and make tomato paste, please find the recipes on here :) Don’t worry, I’ve got you :)

Updated at: Sun, 29 Sep 2024 11:59:44 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Great

Glycemic Index

Low

Glycemic Load

Moderate

Nutrition per serving

Calories190.1 kcal (10%)

Total Fat3.4 g (5%)

Carbs32.9 g (13%)

Sugars1.9 g (2%)

Protein7.5 g (15%)

Sodium198.6 mg (10%)

Fiber3.4 g (12%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

6 servings

1 cupbasmati brown rice

sprouted

½ cupred lentils

sprouted

2 tbltomato paste

water

filtered

1 tblspice mix

coriander, cumin, fennel, caraway seeds

2 tspolive oil

Flavors that would work awesomely with it

Sunny side up, or poached

pickled shallots

Instructions

Step 1

Start with washing the sprouted rice then boil with 3 times its amount in water. Once it starts to boil reduce heat to low and allow it to cook for 30minutes. Brown rice usually takes around 40 minutes to fully cook, we want to retain a bit of bite. Once that level is reached, strain the rice.

Step 2

Wash and boil the lentils for 10mins, it usually takes red lentils to fully cook 15 to 20minutes, so we want it almost fully cooked. Strain.

Step 3

In a bowl stir the tomato paste, spices and ½ to ¾ cup of filtered water, and the olive oil.

Step 4

Now mix the rice, lentils and the tomato paste water, put back on the stove on low heat for 10 minutes. After the 10minutes. Keep the pot on the stove that is turned off now, let it steam for 15 to 20 minutes.

Step 5

I served it with confit cherry tomatoes, sprinkle of my kimchi powder and a sunny side up egg. I would definitely add pickled shallots here but I was out.