Instructions: Start 3/4 cup brown rice cooking; alternatively reserve that much uncooked bulghur - start 1 cup lentils cooking - dice and brown 1 large onion in some huge amount of olive oil (I used less than the 6 Tbs called for, which cuts down on the taste) - after 30 minutes of the lentils cooking, toss in the rice (drained) or bulghur, the onion, 1 tsp cumin

[Ive used twice as much and added some coriander as well], and some pepper and salt. simmer another 15 minutes - brown (caramellize) another diced onion - add the onion to the top of the lentil/grain mixture; let sit 10 minutes

The dish has a good consistency. Ive made this twice in the past week from George Lasalles "Orphanides: My Middle Eastern Cooking"; off the top of my head:

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