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Directions

• Place the stewing beef in a saucepan & add cold water
  
• Cook on low heat until tender
  
• Rinse the green lentils & strain
  
• Place the lentils in a saucepan & add 3 cups of cold water
  
• Cook on low-med heat for 15 minutes
  
• Strain the lentils
  
• Rinse & strain the chickpeas
  
• Soak the rice for 1/2 an hour
• Strain & rice the rice
  
• On high heat add the oil to a large pot
• Add the onions & fry for a minute
  
• ​Add the vermicelli pasta & fry for a minute
  
• ​Add the rice & fry for a minute
  
• ​Add the cooked lentils & mix together
  
• ​Add the chickpeas & mix together 
  
• Add the cooked beef & mix together
  
• Add 4-5 cups boiling water to the pot
  
• ​Add the salt & mix all together 
  
• Cook covered on low heat for 30 minutes
  
• Stir once mid way
  
• ​Stir again before turning off the heat
  

Green Lentil, Chickpea & Beef Rice

2 cups Basmati Long Grain White Rice
1 cup Green Lentils
1/2 kilo Stewing Beef
1 Onion (diced)
540mls can Chickpeas
1/2 cup Vermicelli Pasta
1 tablespoon Salt
4 tablespoons Light Olive Oil
Boiling Water

Ingredients