Savory Lentils in the Rice Cooker

Submitted by heatherhopecs

"adapted from the Aroma housewares website"

 

• Ready In: 55mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 1⁄2 teaspoon curry powder
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 cup brown lentils or 1 cup green lentil, picked over and washed
• 2 2⁄3 cups water
• 1 (14 ounce) can diced tomatoes, undrained
• 2 tablespoons dried minced onions
• 1 tablespoon dried vegetable flakes
• 2 tablespoons dried parsley
• salt and pepper, to taste

directions

1. Add all ingredients to inner pot and stir. Place inner pot in the rice cooker, close the lid, and set to White Rice or press the Cook switch.
2. Midway through cooking, carefully open rice cooker, stir ingredients with a long-handled wooden spoon and re-cover. Use caution when opening as escaping steam and inner bowl are hot.
3. Reseal lid and allow to cook until the rice cooker switches to Keep-Warm. When rice cooker switches to Keep-Warm, carefully open the lid, stir again and re-cover. Allow to stand for 10 minutes before serving.

Reviews

[Andrea W.]

This is simple and DELICIOUS and the perfect side to serve with Moroccan Chicken. I sub chicken stock for the water, but otherwise it's perfect as is! It's my go to and everyone who's tried it loves it as much as I do. Thanks for the great recipe!