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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 1 (202g)

Recipe makes 6 servings

Calories 360
Calories from Fat 55 (15%)
Amount Per Serving %DV
Total Fat 6.2g 9%
Saturated Fat 0.9g 4%
Monounsaturated Fat 1.7g
Polyunsaturated Fat 3.2g
Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 0mg 0%
Sodium 11mg 0%
Potassium 639mg 18%
Total Carbohydrate 63.0g 21%
Dietary Fiber 12.9g 51%
Sugars 5.1g
Protein 13.9g 27%

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Recipe #39446 | 55 min | 10 min prep | add private note

By: Sackville
Sep 4, 2002

I like to think of this vegetarian dish as Egyptian-style chilli. I was first introduced to it during a trip to Egypt four years ago, where it was nearly all we ate for a week! It's served in "fast food" type restaurants, sold from carts by street vendors and made in the home. There can be many variations, but this is close to the one I grew to love. By the way, this is a great recipe when you need to feed a crowd on the cheap.

SERVES 6 (change servings and units)

Ingredients

Directions

  1. 1
    Cook the lentils in just over a litre of salted water.
  2. 2
    Bring to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer, covered, for 15-30 minutes, depending on the type of lentils you are using.
  3. 3
    When the lentils are quite tender, add the rice to the lentils and continue simmering until the rice is cooked, adding water if necessary.
  4. 4
    Cook the macaroni in a separate pot.
  5. 5
    Rinse and strain when done.
  6. 6
    Meanwhile, fry the onions and garlic in the oil until golden.
  7. 7
    Add the tomatoes, chilli flakes, salt and pepper to taste and let it bubble for 10-20 minutes or until thickened and sauce like.
  8. 8
    You can now blitz the sauce in a food processor until smooth or just leave as is.
  9. 9
    Mix the lentils, rice and macaroni together in one pot.
  10. 10
    Place some of the lentil mixture on each plate and top with tomato sauce.
  11. 11
    Sprinkle with more hot chili powder or salt and pepper, if desired.

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From: Chef #965542

On Sep 23, 2008

I saw it on "Anthony Bourdain" and I had it at Al Masri, and Egyptian restaurant in San Francisco. I'm always looking for new veggi dishes. I found it rather dry on my first go round so I doublrd up on the macaroni and a jar of ragu sauce the second time through. I note that it's served with hot saucce and a vinegar garlic sauce, so I dded s bit of white wine vinegar to irt and served it with Sriracha sauce for a prety good "Down home" flavor. That works!

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  • From: CountryMama

    On Aug 26, 2008

    We tried this last night and weren't thrilled with the results unfortunately. I used extra tomatoes and half a can of tomato paste to increase the amount of sauce as some others suggested but it still didn't seem to be quite enough. My husband gave it 2 stars, but I'd like to give it another try with more sauce and maybe some fresh spinach mixed in. It was easy to make (although it used quite a few dishes) and made a lot, which is good for our family. The kids also ate it well and it was very healthy. Thanks for the idea to build off

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  • From: alxm

    On Jun 5, 2003

    Very good, and easy. The amount of tomato sauce I ended up with was too little to go with all the lentils/rice/pasta. Next time I'll add a couple fresh tomatoes along with the suggested canned tomatoes.

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  • From: mintyhoneybee

    On Jan 10, 2008

    This is one of my kids favorite meals, plus easy and economic to make! We always add allspice for warm flavor w/out too much heat. I cook up a big pot of lentils and rice w/carmelized onions and and a can of diced or crushed tomatoes @ the start of the week and use half for lentil soup and put the rest aside. Later in the week we have mac & cheese, smoked sausage, and baked beans w/corn. I make extra mac&cheese and immediately mix the leftovers w/the lentils and rice. Next day, all I have to do is add the allspice and heat it up. Usually we serve this w/taboulleh salad. So good and a total healthy hit.

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