Ingredients

• 2 cups - Turkish white rice or parboiled rice
• 1/2 cup - brown lentils
• 3 tbsp - risi( a type of pasta, looks slightly bigger than rice)
• 1 tbsp - butter
• Salt - as required

How to Make Turkish Lentil Rice

• Cook the lentils, until they are just cooked.
• Don't let them change their shape or get mashed.
• Heat the butter in a pan, add the risi and fry until, they are light brown in colour.
• Add the washed rice, lentils and the pasta in a rice cooker, along with salt and water.
• Cook until the rice is done.
• Serve the rice with green chicken curry or any curry of your choice, along with salad.
• Recipe courtesy: Taste of Pearl City