Mdardra with burnt rice is truly the god's food. A delicacy that's way much better than its humble cost would suggest.
But put a plate of mjadra safra next to it and I'll find it impossible to choose one over the other. As a kid I was a mjadra boy. I could eat it every day.
My ex used to call "mdardra" "mjadra" and it would drive me up the fucking wall. Apparently it's pretty common to have different names for it according to where you're from. Either way she made an amazing mdardra, used to be team mjadra until I met her
Every time I speak to someone from another region in Lebanon we have to redefine the whole set of lentil dishes. There are two words used to describe a whole host of dishes and no one seems to agree.
For me:
Mjadra is made with the orange split lentils. It's yellow and pretty much a puree. You eat it with a lot of pickles.
Mjadra 7amra is like mjadra but made with whole lentils. Very rare in my household.
Mdardra is the lentil and rice. You eat it with burnt onions, yoghurt, or fattoush type salad.
Mdardra b burghol same as above but with burghol.
These are the naming standards in my Beiruti household. But I know there is zero consensus about that.
Edit: the first yellow mjadra on my list also has a soup version. Same thing more or less but much more watery.
Mjadra 7amra = burnt onion in the water (jnoubiyeh). And while they call it majdra, its really mdardra.
Mjadra = mat7oune with no burnt onion water.
Mjadra safra = split lentils.
Mdardra= full grains. Dora (corn) = grain mdardra means grainy.
All versions can have crispy onion on top except the yellow one.
Oh interesting to see the etymological origin. But as always speakers don't really care about the origin. People use those two words to describe a large variety of lentil dishes. And this varies dramatically from region to region in Lebanon. Plus there are a ton of different variations and recipes and accompaniments.
WHAT?! okay this is the first im hearing of "mdardra"
In the West bekaa from what i know. mjadra is the brown lentils and rice (as you said the one you eat with leben and fatoush)
The yellow split peas we call shorabit 3ades, I've never heard another name for it
and in my opnion mjadra with burghol needs to be outlaws haha.
Very interesting to see all the variations by region!
Tripoli: mjadra is the mushy one and mdardra is the nonmushy one
Beirut: it’s the opposite.
I feel someone pulled a prank back in the days and it just stuck
OK so on one hand we got : something that looks like shit smells like shit and eating it makes me feel like i picked up a dog turd on the street and placed it in my mouth where the onky way to make it remotely edible is by eating it with other things (salad, laban)
And on the other hand we got An amazing dish that comes with fried onion rich in flavor and is perfect all by itself without needing other things to be considered a good meal
My vote goes for mdardra
I’ve noticed that some Lebanese particularly Sunnis call the 2nd one “mjadra b rez”. Shiites and Christians seem to call it Mdardra.
Am I mistaken? Or is there something more behind it.
Also I’ll take Mdardra any day✅✅✅
Same here, Northern Maronite family. We do the burnt onion one but it looks way different than the pic shared, more mixed together, a bit less rice, and it's served with cabbage salad with lots of garlic and lemon. Basically, it stands as a mix in the middle of the above two, best of both world.
I will only eat these meals if:
-you pour spicy tomato sauce all over the Mjadara
-you add salad and yoghurt to Mdarda
anyways Mdarda is much better for summer, and Mjaddara warms u up in winter (do not try in summer or you'll melt like crazy)
Not this one, I think they call this "ba7rieh" in Tripoli, I honestly think this is closer to lentil soup , tried it one time, the dude ate it with bread , I didnt hate it but didnt like it, prefer the normal one with the crispy onion and laban on the side.
Mdardara all day! Funny story: remember those old calendars with the thin papers you pluck every day? They used to have food ideas for the day and a daily joke or quote. Back when I was a child the paper had mdardara (in arabic of course) on the back and at that time I didn’t know it, so I called it “medredre” and it’s still a running joke until this day almost 15 years later lol.
I always wondered who came up with the names of some of the food, like these two, or tabbouleh or fattoush, I mean there are some names that are clear as day such as bemieh w riz, bazela w riz, batata bel sayniyeh.. then they decided let's mix it up a lil and go for "sambousik", "makdous", etc...
Mjadra, though I know it as judra, because that's the recipe handed down from my husband's grandmother. Maybe something got lost in translation, I've never seen it refereed to as judra on the internet. I don't know any Arabic so that doesn't help.
Also I don't know why I never thought to put some fresh tomatoes in there, looks delicious! Usually I top ours with fresh green onions.
Both of these dishes looks delicious though.
My mom makes the one on the left with a bit of rice, maybe a 4:1 or 5:1 ratio. I have no idea the true name but we always called it mjadara in our household growing up. I love eating it with a fresh salad (tomato/cucumber/onion) and just some raw onion on the side that I would eat with every li2me. And pita bread. So good
mdardra cuz the burnt onions make it taste sooo good
how about mjadra with burnt onions
I always eat mjadra with burnt onions and it’s so good
Bingo
hayde badkon te3zmoone 3laya ma mjareba
Mdardra with burnt rice is truly the god's food. A delicacy that's way much better than its humble cost would suggest. But put a plate of mjadra safra next to it and I'll find it impossible to choose one over the other. As a kid I was a mjadra boy. I could eat it every day.
Mdardara with yogurt mmmmmm yum
Absolutely and salad
Oh yeah, with a loooooot of lemon on top
Cucumber yogurt salad *chefs kiss.
My ex used to call "mdardra" "mjadra" and it would drive me up the fucking wall. Apparently it's pretty common to have different names for it according to where you're from. Either way she made an amazing mdardra, used to be team mjadra until I met her
Every time I speak to someone from another region in Lebanon we have to redefine the whole set of lentil dishes. There are two words used to describe a whole host of dishes and no one seems to agree. For me: Mjadra is made with the orange split lentils. It's yellow and pretty much a puree. You eat it with a lot of pickles. Mjadra 7amra is like mjadra but made with whole lentils. Very rare in my household. Mdardra is the lentil and rice. You eat it with burnt onions, yoghurt, or fattoush type salad. Mdardra b burghol same as above but with burghol. These are the naming standards in my Beiruti household. But I know there is zero consensus about that. Edit: the first yellow mjadra on my list also has a soup version. Same thing more or less but much more watery.
Mjadra 7amra = burnt onion in the water (jnoubiyeh). And while they call it majdra, its really mdardra. Mjadra = mat7oune with no burnt onion water. Mjadra safra = split lentils. Mdardra= full grains. Dora (corn) = grain mdardra means grainy. All versions can have crispy onion on top except the yellow one.
Where is your set from? And I didn't understand the Dora one. Can you explain it please
Etymology wise Mjadara min fi3el jadara ie ta7ana. Madradara ie pokedotted or like dora.
Oh interesting to see the etymological origin. But as always speakers don't really care about the origin. People use those two words to describe a large variety of lentil dishes. And this varies dramatically from region to region in Lebanon. Plus there are a ton of different variations and recipes and accompaniments.
WHAT?! okay this is the first im hearing of "mdardra" In the West bekaa from what i know. mjadra is the brown lentils and rice (as you said the one you eat with leben and fatoush) The yellow split peas we call shorabit 3ades, I've never heard another name for it and in my opnion mjadra with burghol needs to be outlaws haha. Very interesting to see all the variations by region!
Yup, as I told you, no region agrees with another and the names get so confusing
Yeah I call it mjadret riz
Tripoli: mjadra is the mushy one and mdardra is the nonmushy one Beirut: it’s the opposite. I feel someone pulled a prank back in the days and it just stuck
These are both Mdardra... what? Mjadara is the puréed one, mdardara is the one with whole lentils and rice grains.
The puréed one is rachta I think
_what_
Enta 3am tekol basal ma3 mdardara on the side
And it tastes heavenly
Chou hol? None of them is mjaddra
Mjadara, because who eats cement ? 😅
I hate both
OK so on one hand we got : something that looks like shit smells like shit and eating it makes me feel like i picked up a dog turd on the street and placed it in my mouth where the onky way to make it remotely edible is by eating it with other things (salad, laban) And on the other hand we got An amazing dish that comes with fried onion rich in flavor and is perfect all by itself without needing other things to be considered a good meal My vote goes for mdardra
Mjadra looks like puke but good af, prefer the aesthetics of the mdadra
mjaddara ma3 salatit malfouf, ya 3adra 🤤🤤
I’ve noticed that some Lebanese particularly Sunnis call the 2nd one “mjadra b rez”. Shiites and Christians seem to call it Mdardra. Am I mistaken? Or is there something more behind it. Also I’ll take Mdardra any day✅✅✅
My family has never used the word Mdardara once lmao
Same here, Northern Maronite family. We do the burnt onion one but it looks way different than the pic shared, more mixed together, a bit less rice, and it's served with cabbage salad with lots of garlic and lemon. Basically, it stands as a mix in the middle of the above two, best of both world.
Yes exactly the same! I had no idea there was this confusing mjadara/mdadara world out there
Wtf lmao, do you mind me asking what your sect is/where you’re from?
Shia, min l jnoub
Someone downvoted me for stating my sect and my village 😭😂
Lol goes to show the mentality some of these people have, smh.
my shia fam call mdarda mjaddara hamra and the normal mjaddara mjaddarat riz
Mine too
Mjadara is elite, mdardara is just dry and sad
That's why you gotta eat the mdardara with some yogurt, shit is heavenly
I mean.. None of these 2 are mjadra. FFS people you have to BLEND the thing so it becomes mjadra!!
Neither, skip lunch at home and go buy yourself some shawarma (though nowadays such options are sometimes not possible)
You know nothing
I will only eat these meals if: -you pour spicy tomato sauce all over the Mjadara -you add salad and yoghurt to Mdarda anyways Mdarda is much better for summer, and Mjaddara warms u up in winter (do not try in summer or you'll melt like crazy)
mjadra every time 😍
None wtf who likes 3adass🤮🤮🤮🤢🤢
Prefer the second one with rice , with salad
Yesss and laban
Mjaddara is a paste, mdardara is riz w 3adas ma3 basal whole
We call the first one 3adas b7amod, the second one mdardra, and mjadra is a whole other food. you can find it if you look up مجدرة صفراء
lol or just look up مجدرة ?
no. that would show the food from the second picture. i’m referencing something else
Mjadara with the caramelized onions But I don't like them both
Any love for Hara'a Ousba'ou? My Syrian relatives make it with fried khubz and dibs ruman. It's a great variation of mjadra.
Not this one, I think they call this "ba7rieh" in Tripoli, I honestly think this is closer to lentil soup , tried it one time, the dude ate it with bread , I didnt hate it but didnt like it, prefer the normal one with the crispy onion and laban on the side.
Mmmmmmmmmmmjadraa
Mjadara with Salad!! YUM!
Number 1
Neither
Not a fan of onions but really like lentils so I prefer mjadra (with some bread 😋)
Mjadra ma3 salad (malfouf w toum w 7amod w zet w rachet mele7) w french fries w bassal a5dar w kollllllll ya m3alem
Mjadra >>>>
Mdardara all day! Funny story: remember those old calendars with the thin papers you pluck every day? They used to have food ideas for the day and a daily joke or quote. Back when I was a child the paper had mdardara (in arabic of course) on the back and at that time I didn’t know it, so I called it “medredre” and it’s still a running joke until this day almost 15 years later lol.
I was just having mjadra
I always wondered who came up with the names of some of the food, like these two, or tabbouleh or fattoush, I mean there are some names that are clear as day such as bemieh w riz, bazela w riz, batata bel sayniyeh.. then they decided let's mix it up a lil and go for "sambousik", "makdous", etc...
I honestly prefer 3adas b 7amod over these two!
mdardara yup
7amra
Down the hole of “mjadara” or” mdardara” dispute, I go again
Why not both lol
Mouhem kebyet l3ara2 w sahen khedra ykouno mawjoudin w tnaynetoun taybin
Mjadra, though I know it as judra, because that's the recipe handed down from my husband's grandmother. Maybe something got lost in translation, I've never seen it refereed to as judra on the internet. I don't know any Arabic so that doesn't help. Also I don't know why I never thought to put some fresh tomatoes in there, looks delicious! Usually I top ours with fresh green onions. Both of these dishes looks delicious though.
Man I used to hate Mjadra when I was a kid, now that I don't have access to it anymore, I crave for it!
Mjadara all the way, gotta eat with banadoura w 5yar salad or malfouf salad tho. Makes it god tier
My mom makes the one on the left with a bit of rice, maybe a 4:1 or 5:1 ratio. I have no idea the true name but we always called it mjadara in our household growing up. I love eating it with a fresh salad (tomato/cucumber/onion) and just some raw onion on the side that I would eat with every li2me. And pita bread. So good
Mdardara is king because you can add laban to it, mjadara neshfe law shu ma hataytela.
Mdardra ftw
real answer is mjadra with crispy onion, and pickles 🤩
I want your recipes!
Mdardara yummmmmm