Fadi Kattan's Mujadara – Rancho Gordo

Ingredients

• 10 ounces Rancho Gordo French-style green lentils
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ cup extra-virgin olive oil
• 4 red onions, halved and thinly sliced
• Salt
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon ground coriander
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 350 g / 1¾ cups medium-grain rice
• 600 ml / 2½ cups hot water
• 2 spring onions (scallions, chopped)
• Juice of 2 lemons
• 1 teaspoon ground sumac
• 1 teaspoon extra-virgin olive oil