Lentils and Rice

THE SIMPLE combination of rice and lentils flavored with onion and chopped cilantro makes a hearty and nourishing winter main course. On Crete and other Greek islands, the dish is simply called fakoryzo (lentil-rice). Nikos Psilakis, in his book Traditional Cuisine of Crete, explains that on this island the rice was usually added on the second day to lentil soup. This dish from Cyprus, on the other hand, is prepared from scratch with