Mujadara, with just three main ingredients (lentils, rice, onions), is often served during Ramadan for Iftar, the meal that breaks the daily fast. The holy month of Ramadan began on Feb. 28. This ...

The scent of onions caramelizing in olive oil filled the kitchen with one of my favorite aromas, a sweet payoff after enduring those tear-inducing fumes just minutes earlier. Low and slow is the ...

The first time that Alan and I took my son Ariel out for dinner, we went to Grill Express on Fairfax Avenue in Los Angeles. It was our favorite kosher Israeli restaurant. Just as in Israel, they lined ...

The spiced lentil and rice dish mujadara is a traditional peasant food that is so much more than the sum of its parts. With as much onion as this dish has, cumin is vital, not only for flavor but also ...

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A bag of dried lentils is an inexpensive, indestructible pantry staple. It’s also a nutritional superhero, ready to transform into healthy, delicious meals at a moment’s notice. But, if you grew up in ...

"This dish is a lovely introduction to Middle Eastern cooking if you are new to it. Mujadara can be served as a vegetarian main if you wish, or as I have done here, to accompany a meat dish." Colm has ...