Misr or Malka with Rice (Pink Lentils with Rice, Khichri)

This is a new simple recipe that is inspired by Ethiopian ingredients and Indian Khichri. It is probably one of the fastest meal that I can make and I often will cook it when I don't have time. I am praying that the Ethiopian Gods will let me take their ingredients and create something simple and different. You will need to use a pressure cooker for this recipe.

Ingredients: 

• Misr, Malka, or Pink Lentils: 1/2 cup
• Arborio Rice: 1/2 cup
• Water: 2.5 cups
• Berbere: 2 teaspoons
• Oil: 3 teaspoons sunflower, regular olive oil(yellow one), or mustard oil.

Recipe:

• Place the pressure cooker with the oil over medium heat for few minutes. 
• Add two teaspoons of berbere and stir with a wooden spoon.
• Wash the rice and malka and strain the water.
• Add the rice and malka to the pan, and stir the ingredients for a few minutes.
• Add the water to the ingredients, the pan should make a bit of a sizzling noise.
• Increase the flame to high and bring the pressure to first ring (7 bar), reduce the flame to low.
• Set timer to 5 minutes, and turn off the flame and remove the pressure cooker from the stove.
• Let the pressure drop. The meal is ready to serve, just add Niter kibbe(Ethiopian spiced butter).
• Total cooking time: 10 to 12 minutes.

Heat the rice and lentils with the spices for a few minutes.

 

Add the water and close the pressure cooker.

 

Here you can see the two rings, the first one is 7 bar and the second is 14 bar. Cook at first ring. The pressure cooker in the picture is 5-liter Duromatic Kuhn Rikon pressure cooker.

 

Served with Niter Kibbe(Ethiopian Spiced Butter)