[Cheater] Sweet Potato Mujaddara
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Mujaddara is a super simple Lebanese dish which only has 3 main
ingredients (lentils, rice, onions) but packs a wallop of flavor... I
ordered the dish multiple times at a restaurant trying to figure out
what spices were in it until I figured out that there really weren't
any besides a small amount of pepper.  I like to add steamed sweet
potato on top.

It's also absurdly cheap, easy, and if you have a rice cooker, almost
effortless.  You can also make it *even easier* if you're really lazy
by using fried onions from a can.  If you have time, fry the onions
yourself.  But if you want really a impressively delicious dish that
you can make in 2.5 minutes at home for less than $0.75 a bowl, give
this a try.


Instructions:
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 - Put 1 cup brown lentils & 1 cup basmati (or whatever) rice into
   rice cooker, add water, turn on  (.5 min)
 - Chop up 1 sweet potato, put in steamer  (1 min)
 - Serve rice & lentils into 4 bowls, add sweet potato, and put 2 tbsp
   fried onions from a can into each bowl, grind a touch of black
   pepper and/or salt if you like (1 min)


Statistics:
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 - servings: 4
 - Cost: $0.62 / bowl, < $2.48 total.
 - Active time: 2.5 minutes
 - Deliciousness: Disproportionately high.  (Freezes well for a
   next-day meal too)


Proof of cost:
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| Ingredients             | Cost | Quantity | Total |
|-------------------------+------+----------+-------|
| sweet potato            |  .87 |        1 |  0.87 |
| cup lentils             |  .52 |        1 |  0.52 |
| cup basmati rice        |  .62 |        1 |  0.62 |
| can french fried onions | 1.28 |     4/11 |  0.47 |
|-------------------------+------+----------+-------|
| Total                   |      |        4 |  0.62 |
#+TBLFM: $4=$2*$3;%.2f::$LR4=vsum(@2$4..@-I$4)/$LR3;%.2f

 - Cost: $0.47 / bowl, < $0.94 total.
 - Time: 2 minutes
 - Deliciousness: Disproportionately high.  (Freezes well for a
   next-day meal too)

Lentils approx $1.50 / pound
1 cup lentils 5.5 ounces
  (* (/ 5.5 16) 1.5)
  0.515625 cents per cup

Can fried onions $1.28, 11 servings
1 serving (2 tbsp) per meal


Proof of calories:
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| Ingredients                          | Calories | Quantity | Total |
|--------------------------------------+----------+----------+-------|
| medium sweet potato                  |      115 |        1 |   115 |
| cup dry red lentils                  |      640 |        1 |   640 |
| 1/4 cup dry rice                     |      120 |        4 |   480 |
| serving (2 tbsp) french fried onions |       45 |        4 |   180 |
|--------------------------------------+----------+----------+-------|
| Total                                |          |        4 |   354 |
#+TBLFM: $4=$2*$3;%.0f::$LR4=vsum(@2$4..@-I$4)/$LR3;%.0f


Notes:
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Non-cheater version (fry the onions yourself in olive oil) same number
of calories, about same cost, much healthier, better for environment
(no palm oil), but takes 5 minutes longer to fry the onions :)

| Ingredients         | Calories | Quantity | Total |
|---------------------+----------+----------+-------|
| cup dry red lentils |      640 |        1 |   640 |
| 1/4 cup dry rice    |      120 |        4 |   480 |
| large onion         |       60 |        1 |    60 |
| tbsp olive oil      |      119 |        1 |   119 |
| medium sweet potato |      115 |        1 |   115 |
|---------------------+----------+----------+-------|
| Total               |          |        4 |   354 |
#+TBLFM: $4=$2*$3;%.0f::$LR4=vsum(@2$4..@-I$4)/$LR3;%.0f

Tables calculated using OrgMode's spreadsheet functionality... but of
course ;)

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Have fun!
 - Christopher Allan Webber