MUJADARAH WITH SPICED PUMPKIN AND CARAMELISED ONIONS

Not true mujaradah. This is faux mujadarah. Or demi mujaradah. The true stuff would have lentils along with the rice. This version is rice and rice. Otherwise the spices are the same as the Lebanese classic. I spiced some pumpkin with coarsely crushed cumin seeds and ras el hanout before roasting. A dish so satisfyingly complete that I (almost) didn't wish there was some meat to go with it - some braised or roasted goat, maybe. Or beef, pork, camel, elk, buffalo, lamb, roadkill ... No, I didn't miss it at all.

MUJADARAH WITH SPICED PUMPKIN AND CARAMELISED ONIONS