Al-Roaz Bel Hommos
(Yellow Lentils Rice)
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- 1-1/2 lb meat with bones
- salt
- SPICES USED WHOLE:
- 10 cardamom seeds
- 4 sticks cinnamon
- 3 cloves
- 1 tsp cumin
- 4 pieces chickory, if available
- 6 onions
- 1 cup corn oil
- 3 cups yellow lentils
- 6 cups rice
Boil meat, skimming fat from the surface as it appears. Add
the spices and simmer the meat until almost cooked.
Add salt. Remove meat and strain the meat stock to remove
the whole spices. Slice the onions into rings and fry in
oil until golden brown. Add the cooked meat and fry with the
onions until slightly browned. Partially cook the
yellow lentils. Add half the lentils to the onions and meat.
Wash the rice thoroughly; add half the rice and put on
top of the lentils and the meat. Add the remaining lentils
as a second layer on top of the first layer of rice. Then
add the last layer of rice. Simmer until the rice is cooked.
Turn upside down on a serving dish. Serves 10 - 12 persons.
Recipe from "Saudi Arabia Magazine" (an
official publication of the Information Office of the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia), Winter 1997
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