Instructions: Boil rice until almost cooked. Cover lentils with water and cook for 20 minutes until soft.

Dice onions, apricots and dates.

Dissolve half the butter in water over heat. Saute onion in remaining butter until soft, add dates, apricots, almonds and raisins. Pour 1/2 butter water into casserole dish then add, in layers, 1/3 of the rice, 1/2 of the fruit mixture, 1/2 of the lentils, 1/3 of the rice, remaining fruit mixture, remaining lentils, then remaining rice and pour over the remaining butter-water.

Cover with cloth then put lid on, simmer over low heat for 30 to 40 minutes.

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