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The other day, while perusing YouTube, a video about pickling food came up. I decided to watch while I worked on cleaning and blanching brussel sprout leaves and florets just harvested from the garden. After that video was over, I scrolled down to see what else this person had on offer and saw this video. The title mentioned perfect lentils and rice, and well, I needed to make something for lunch that day and thought, "I have lentils and rice and a fairly well-stocked supply of spices. I'll give it a go!" And I did. Without watching the video first. What could go wrong, right?
So, when the lady starts talking about minced meat and how it is optional anyway, I thought, Oh, good, don't have any of that right now and besides Sprout doesn't eat meat...
Then she mentioned needing saffron. Oops, not a spice I keep on hand and I just planted my own crocuses. Won't be able to harvest from them until next spring. Oh well, carry on....
Before placing the layers of rice and lentils into the pot, the lady covered the bottom with a special kind of flat bread which gets crispy and prevents the rice from burning. Whoops again. But not really a problem; I'll just make some tortillas and use one of those.
Finally, in the video, the meal is cooked outdoors over an open fire. With the campfire and many timelapses and cuts, I had no idea how long she let the final dish cook, so I looked up a recipe online to get some ideas. Naturally the recipe I found did things way differently. I did what I do and incorporated some ideas from that site, too, but I did not use potatoes to line the bottom of my pot since I had already made the tortillas. *files the idea for a later iteration of Adas Polo*
I learned my lesson (let's be honest; I probably didn't) and won't start a recipe before at least looking at the whole of it, but boy, what a deliciously tasty bit of culinary recklessness that was. :D
So, when the lady starts talking about minced meat and how it is optional anyway, I thought, Oh, good, don't have any of that right now and besides Sprout doesn't eat meat...
Then she mentioned needing saffron. Oops, not a spice I keep on hand and I just planted my own crocuses. Won't be able to harvest from them until next spring. Oh well, carry on....
Before placing the layers of rice and lentils into the pot, the lady covered the bottom with a special kind of flat bread which gets crispy and prevents the rice from burning. Whoops again. But not really a problem; I'll just make some tortillas and use one of those.
Finally, in the video, the meal is cooked outdoors over an open fire. With the campfire and many timelapses and cuts, I had no idea how long she let the final dish cook, so I looked up a recipe online to get some ideas. Naturally the recipe I found did things way differently. I did what I do and incorporated some ideas from that site, too, but I did not use potatoes to line the bottom of my pot since I had already made the tortillas. *files the idea for a later iteration of Adas Polo*
I learned my lesson (let's be honest; I probably didn't) and won't start a recipe before at least looking at the whole of it, but boy, what a deliciously tasty bit of culinary recklessness that was. :D