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<div><font face="Times" color="#000000"><b>Cooked Dish of
Lentils</b><br>
al-Andalusi p. C-5 (no. 377) (Good)<br>
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</font><font face="Zapf Chancery" color="#000000">Wash lentils and put
them to cook in a pot with sweet water, oil, pepper, coriander and cut
onion. When they are cooked throw in salt, a little saffron and
vinegar; break three eggs, leave for a while on the flame and later
retire the pot. Other times cook without onion. If you wish cook it
with Egyptian beans pricked into which have been given a boil. Or
better with dissolved yeast over a gentle fire. When the lentils begin
to thicken add good butter or sweet oil, bit by bit, alike until it
gets absorbed, until they are sufficiently cooked and have enough oil.
Then retire it from the flame and sprinkle with pepper.<br>
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</font><font face="Times" color="#000000">1 1/2 c dried lentils = 10
oz<x-tab> </x-tab>2 medium onions = 1/2
lb<x-tab> </x-tab>(Egyptian
beans)<br>
2 1/4 c water<x-tab> </x-tab>3/4 t
salt<x-tab> </x-tab>(yeast)<br>
1 1/2 T oil<x-tab> </x-tab>12 threads
saffron<x-tab> </x-tab>4 T butter (or
oil)<br>
3/8 t pepper<x-tab> </x-tab>2 T vinegar<x-tab>
</x-tab>more pepper<br>
1 1/2 t coriander<x-tab> </x-tab>4 eggs<br>
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Slice onions. Put lentils, water, oil, pepper, coriander and onion in
a pot, bring to a boil, and turn down to a bare simmer. Cook covered
50 minutes, stirring periodically. Add butter or oil and cook while
stirring for about 5 minutes. Add salt, saffron (crushed into 1 t
water) and vinegar, and bring back to a boil. Put eggs on top, cover
pot and keep lentils at a simmer; stir cautiously every few minutes in
order to scrape the bottom of the pot without stirring in the eggs. We
find that if the heat is off, the eggs don't cook; if the heat is up
at medium, the eggs cook, but the lentils start to stick to the pot. A
larger quantity might hold enough heat to cook the eggs without
leaving it on the flame. When the eggs are cooked, sprinkle with a
little more pepper and serve. Makes 5 1/4 c.<br>
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</font>(from the Miscellany)</div>
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<div>David/Cariadoc<br>
www.daviddfriedman.com</div>
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