Mujadarah (Arabic Lentils and Rice)

So I found this recipe on my friend Sunny's page and thought I would try it while Brad was gone today. I was kind of unsure if he would like it and thought I would do a trial run on just me and Annie first. Annie loved it! It's super easy and a good recipe to rotate through some food storage every once and awhile. If you go to Sunny's page there is also a salad to go with it but I didn't have any of the ingredients for that so we just ate some peas. (Definately have to have some sort of veggie as a side to give it some color :D) Oh, and I cut it in half and there was plenty of left overs with just 2 of us eating it today. Try it out and tell me how you like it :)

Mujadarah

1 c. brown rice
6-8 c. water
1 1/2 c. dried lentils
2 chicken boullion cubes
2 tsp cumin
1/2 tsp pepper
2-3 Tbsp olive oil or butter
1 large onion
salt to taste

* Place brown rice and water in saucepan. Cook over medium heat about 20 min.
* Add lentils, boullion, pepper, cumin, and cook another 25 min, or until rice and lentils are soft (add more water if needed)
* Meanwhile, sauté onions in oil or butter until brown and carmelized (allow a lot of time for them to carmelize).
* Add onions to the rice/lentil mixture a few minutes before it is finished.

Thanks Sunny for the fun recipe!