Vegan Legume Hamin

👨‍🍳 Method

For the Fried onion

1. 1
   Heat the olive oil in a large pot over medium heat.

   ⚙ Pan-fryingStoveLarge pot
2. 2
   Add the onion and fry for 8–10 minutes, stirring, until the onion is soft and deep golden.

   ⚙ Adding to the hot fat and fryingStove

   💡Add by cooking time: what needs long (onion, carrot, meat) goes in first, and what burns fast (garlic, dry spices) goes in last, only until fragrant.
3. 3
   Add the garlic and fry about 30 seconds to 1 minute, just until fragrant. Don't let the garlic brown.

   ⚙ Adding to the hot fat and fryingStove

   💡Garlic burns quickly and turns bitter. Add it only after the onion has softened, over medium heat, and add the next ingredient as soon as it smells fragrant.

To assemble

1. 4
   Place the beans, chickpeas and lentils in the bottom of the pot, and on top of them the potatoes and sweet potatoes.
2. 5
   Add the turmeric, cumin, cinnamon, paprika, hot paprika, salt and black pepper and pour in the water until it covers everything.
3. 6
   Bring to a boil.

   Stove
4. 7
   Turn down' to the lowest heat', cover and simmer 6–8 hours, until everything is tender. After 1 hour of cooking, add the rice and cover again.

   ⚙ SimmeringStoveLid

   💡Toward the end of cooking, check the water in the pot; if it's low, add only boiling water, so the hamin doesn't cool down in the middle of cooking.

   💡A gentle simmer, not a boil: a hard boil dries the food out and clouds it, a slow simmer cooks it evenly.
5. 8
   Serve the hamin hot, with bread.