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Lentils with Rice

Boil the lentils as directed in the preceding recipe. Wash one cup of rice, throw it into a large kettle of boiling water and boil rapidly thirty minutes. Drain it in a colander and stand it at the oven door ten or fifteen minutes to dry. Each grain must be swollen, white and free from all stickiness. Put two tablespoonfuls of butter into a frying pan, when melted add one onion cut into thin slices. When the onion is golden brown add the lentils and rice, stir over the fire fifteen minutes, season with salt and pepper; serve very hot. 1/2 cup of lentils,