Mujadara

Perusing old photos in my camera again, I found this one. This is one of my favorite dishes we've made in our house this year. It is so simple (lentils, rice, onion) but so tasty. The flavor comes from caramelizing the onions until they're brown and sweet. Erin, Kaitlyn, and Jen first came across this dish cooking dinner at Borderlinks, an agency in Tucson that organizes delegations of folks who are interested in learning about border issues. Later we began using it for dinner at our house. I'm sure there are multiple recipes for it, but the one that we used is from Molly Wizenberg's food blog, Orangette. She calls it mujadara, and says it comes from the Middle East. Anyway, it's delicious.