Grammy's Kitchen · Rice Pilaf · Middle Eastern Lamb and Lentil Rice Pilaf
One of 40 rice pilaf recipes we measured
It ranks #4 of 40 for moistness among the rice pilaf recipes we compared. 33 cooks on www.recipetineats.com rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 40.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 192% | 259% |
| fat | 15% | 15% |
| protein add | 216% | 0% |
| vegetables and beans | 764% | 16% |
| aromatics | 84% | 43% |
| salt | 5% | 2% |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 400 g | 400 g / 13 oz mince/ground lamb |
| 150 g | 1 onion (, diced (brown, white or yellow)) |
| 180 g | 6 cups (loosely packed) spinach or silverbeet/chard, roughly shredded |
| 6 g | 2 garlic cloves (, minced) |
| 27 g | 2 tbsp olive oil |
| 400 g | 1 tin lentils (, drained (400g/14oz) (Note 6)) |
| 185 g | 1 cup rice (, preferably basmati (see notes)) |
| 355 g | 1 1/2 cups water ((see notes)) |
| 4 g | 2 tsp coriander powder |
| 6 g | 2 1/2 tsp cumin powder |
| 1 g | 1/2 tsp cinnamon powder |
| 1 g | 1/2 tsp chilli powder (, or cayenne pepper or other hot chilli powder (not American Chilli Powder) (optional)) |
| 9 g | 1 1/2 tsp salt |
| 1 g | 1/2 tsp ground black pepper |
| 4 g | 1 tsp sugar |
| 1233 g | 3 tomatoes (, sliced thickly) |
| Fried Asian Shallots ((Scallions) (optional - see notes)) | |
| Parsley leaves ((optional)) |
Method: 10 steps, published by www.recipetineats.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Well impressed. I used ground coriander seed as I think that was what was called for - Australia. If it was supposed to be leaves, please let me know but the ground seeds were great. My Miss 8 thought it was delicious. She won't go anywhere near 🌶️ or ” — a cook, 5.0★
“We made this tonight and it was delicious and we agreed would be on our eat again menu which we are trying to increase as we now need more gluten free recipes. I used kale instead of spinach as that is what we had (and chucked in a few mushrooms that needed to” — a cook, 5.0★