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Lentil Salad In Olive Oil With Egyptian Spices

This is called salata cadas and made with lentils slightly cooked with olive oil, garlic, and spices. Clifford wright made this as a meze at the tikka grill, a restaurant on the corniche of alexandria in egypt. Enjoy!!

Steps

In a small saucepan , heat 3 tablespoons of the olive oil over medium heat with the garlic.
As soon as the garlic begins to sizzle remove from the burner , add the cumin , coriander , cardamom , and fenugreek , stir , and set aside.
Place the lentils in a medium saucepan of lightly salted cold water and bring to a boil.
Cook until al dente , about 25 minutes from when you turned the heat on.
Drain and toss with the garlic , olive oil , and spices while still hot.
Season with salt and pepper , toss , and arrange on a serving platter.
Drizzle the remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil over the top.
Serve at room temperature.
Enjoy !.

Ingredients

olive oil, garlic cloves, cumin seed, coriander seed, cardamom seed, ground fenugreek, dried brown lentils, salt, fresh ground black pepper