Rice with lentils

Ingredients

 * 1/2 cup dried lentils
 * 2 or 3 tablespoons oil
 * 1/2 to 1 teaspoon salt
 * 1+1/2 cups water
 * 3/4 cup good rice

Directions

 * 1) Wash the dried lentils and soak them for two hours. Drain.
 * 2) Bring the water, salt, and oil to a boil in a saucepan.
 * 3) Add the rice and the soaked lentils.
 * 4) Cover the saucepan tightly and reduce heat to low.
 * 5) Come back in twenty minutes, not before.