Cypriot Recipes
Lentils and Rice (mougendra)
Lentils have been part of the human diet since aceramic (before pottery) Neolithic times, being one of the first crops domesticated in the Near East. Archeological evidence shows they were eaten 9,500 to 13,000 years ago.
Ingredients
1 cup lentils (best dried green ones)
4 cups water
1/2 cup rice
1 onion, chopped
1/4 cup olive oil
salt
Preparation
– Place in a saucepan with water and leave to cook, removing the scum from time to time with a slotted spoon.
– When nearly cooked add the rice and continue to simmer until rice is cooked and all the water is at the same time absorbed. (If water has been absorbed before rice is cooked, add some more water).
– Fry the onion in the olive oil until golden brown and add to the cooked lentils.
– Add salt and serve.
Source: moa.gov.cy