Mercimek Pilav

I found this recipe on Pinterest on a French site. No problem at all, since my food French is pretty good.

I changed the recipe a bit to my liking as always.

This pilav is usually served as a side dish to Köfte, Turkish meatballs. But since there are lentils in this dish, protein is provided. I just ate it as it is, just with a dollop of Turkish yogurt.

When cook Turkish dishes, the measurements are a bit unusual. The dry ingredients are mostly not weighted, but in volume. Used is a standart Turkish drinking glass.

Recipe:

1 glass green lentils

1 glass large boulgour

1 onion, 1 garlic clove

1 tbsp olive oil, 1 tbsp butter

2,5 glass veg stock

1 tbsp tomato paste, 1 tbsp hot paprika paste

Salt and pepper

Wash the lentils and cook them in water for 15 min, then drain.

Wash the boulgour.

Cut the onion in strips and in a wide pot heat up butter and oil and sauté the onions for 4 min. Add garlic and both pastes and stir them well. Now in with hot veg stock, lentils and boulgour. Season well and bring to a boil. Cover and reduce the heat to low. Cook for 25 to 30 min until all the liquid is absorbed.

Serve with yogurt.