How would you spice this?

Basic recipe:

- Put lentils in pot of boiling water and simmer about 15min

- Sauté some onion & garlic (and maybe other stuff)

- Add rice to sauteed stuff and stir to coat rice in oil

- Pour in the pre-simmerred lentils, and a bunch of broth

- Keep simmerring about 20min, adding more broth as it evaporates



I've done this several times with some variations, like:

- Sauté mushrooms, peppers, and/or prosciutto w/onion+garlic

- Add frozen peas near the end

- Chicken broth, homemade vegetable broth, other brothlike things



... and, different combinations of spices. But I won't say which so as not to bias anyone. Which spices would you use with this? (Let me know if you read others' comments before posting yours)