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Palestinian-based food

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Today, I like to share another vegetarian meal I eat based on a Palestinian receipt. I bought a can of Medammas, containing fava beans ( or Vicia faba, also known as the broad bean ) and garbanzo beans (or chick peas), water, salt, olive oil, lemon juice and as a secret natural spices (I think with curry as the sauce was yellowish and a little spicy). Can of Medammas Ingredients Can of Medammas, rice, potatoes, green lentils, onion, mushrooms, sprouted soy beans, peanuts, almond nuts and pine nuts, tomato herbs (e.g. pepper and salt, garlic, curry powder). Preparing the meal First, I cut garlic, fried them a little in olive oil before adding rice, some herbs and water to cook until ready. Of course, I also used other ingredients than only the beans in the can, partly because I don't want to cook tomorrow and thus needs a little more but also as a vegetarian I need a mixture of vegetables to be sure I have all necessary nutrients. I cut potatoes into small cubes tha...

Another vegetarian rice dish

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A few months ago, I published a recipient for a rice dish with as main ingredients asparagus and oyster mushrooms . It was very nice but a little dry and thus now I publish another rice dish, this time for people who prefer vegetables in a sauce . Let's start ... Ingredients I used. The majority of the ingredients are dried black eye beans and lentils (in my case Eston lentils), I think about 100 grams of each although I didn't weighted them. The other ingredients are rice , cheese , cornflour , water , olive oil , 1/2 red pepper , 1/2 courgette (small), two potatoes , 2 onions , 1/2 tomato , peanuts and almond , 1/2 vegetarian bouillon cube , one large garlic clove , a little ginger, herbs (such as Italian mix, chili, curry, nutmeg and red pepper powders and basil) and a little salt and pepper . Let's start preparing the vegetables Beans and lentils need cooking for quite some time before they become soft, therefore I started with them. I did them together in a...