Today, we’re making Mujadara a classic Middle Eastern dish — a simple yet flavorful recipe loved across the Levant. Made with just lentils, bulgur, and caramelized onions, this dish is nutritious, budget-friendly, and perfect for vegans and vegetarians.
😍Why You’ll Love This Recipe:
A 700-year-old traditional dish packed with flavor
High in protein, fiber, and essential nutrients
Budget-friendly and uses simple, readily available ingredients
Perfect paired with refreshing cucumber yogurt salad and tangy tomato salad
🍚Ingredients:
Mujadara:
½ cup lentils
1 ½ cups bulgur
1 onion
½ tsp cumin
Salt & black pepper to taste
Cucumber Yogurt Salad:
1/5 cup yogurt (or Greek yogurt, thinned if needed)
3 cucumbers, diced
1 garlic clove, minced
Juice of 1 lemon
Dried mint or oregano
Tomato Salad:
2 medium tomatoes, diced
1 small white onion, chopped
1-2 green onions
3 Tbsp olive oil
Juice of ½ lemon
Pinch of salt
Optional: dried mint or oregano
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:19 Cooking Lentils
00:29 Preparing Bulgur and onions
00:47 Cooking the Mujadara
1:00 Adding Mujadara spices
1:19 Adding the lentils
1:30 Fun fact
2:00 Caramelized onion
2:40 Mujadara side salads
2:55 Making Yoghurt and cucumber salad
4:24 Making Tomato Salad
6:30 Outro
✨ Try it out and let me know how it turned out in the comments!
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