Ingredients

• 1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil

• 3 large yellow onions, thinly sliced (about 6 cups)

• 2 teaspoons kosher salt

• 1 1/2 cups uncooked long-grain white rice (about 11 1/2 ounces) 

• 1 cup dried brown lentils, green, or black lentils (7 1/4 ounces)

• 4 1/4 cups water

• 1 tablespoon ground cumin

• 1 teaspoon ground Lebanese seven spice (baharat)  

• 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil

• 1 tablespoon kosher salt, plus more to taste

• 2 large red beefsteak tomatoes, roughly chopped (about 3 cups) 

• 1/2 jalapeño chile, seeded and finely chopped

• 2 garlic cloves, gently smashed

• 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil

• 1 tablespoon tomato paste

• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt

• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper

• 2 cups plain whole-milk yogurt

• 1 tablespoon dried mint

• 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped

• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice

• 2 Persian cucumbers or 1 seedless cucumber, chopped (about 1 cup chopped total)

• 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt