Ingredients

• 3 tea cups lentils
• 1 cup rice
• 1 Onion, diced
• 2 garlic cloves, mashed
• 1 carrot, finely cut
• 2 bay leaves
• 4 spoons olive oil
• Salt
• Pepper

Instructions

• Let the lentils soak in water overnight.
• In a sauce pan pour the olive oil and add the diced onion, the mashed garlic, the lentils and the bay leaves.
• Boil until tender (approx. 1 hour) and until the water is absorbed.
• To achieve this you need to add water gradually.
• Add salt and pepper as desired.
• When ready remove the bay leaves.
• Boil on another saucepan the rice.
• When ready let it cool and mix it with the lentils.
• Let the lentil rice cool and then serve.