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Spiced Lentil Rice Bowl

Lentil rice with cooling yogurt cucumber — thali spirit. Makes 2 servings.

35 min · Serves 2 · Vegetarian · ≈478 kcal per serving · ≈17 g protein

Spiced Lentil Rice Bowl

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Ingredients

  • 160g dry basmati rice
  • 200g cooked green lentils, drained
  • 100g cucumber
  • 80g plain Greek yogurt
  • 2g cumin seeds
  • 2g ground turmeric
  • 10g vegetable oil
  • 3g salt
  • 520ml water

Method

  1. Cook rice and lentils together with turmeric, cumin, water and salt until tender.
  2. Dice cucumber; mix with yogurt and pinch of salt.
  3. Serve rice lentil mix topped with yogurt cucumber and drizzle of oil.

Contains: dairy.

This recipe was written with AI assistance and has not yet been kitchen-tested by our team. Nutrition values are estimates. Always check ingredients for allergies.

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