Yo dudes/dudettes,Over the past month I’ve been practicing cooking rice. After reading lots of articles I had a few methods to try out. I had a recipe for spicy fragrant rice lying around so I thought I would give it a shot. The first time I tried it I overcooked the rice due to me not following the method correctly (D’oh!) but the second time was a perfect result so I thought I would blog the recipe and the method here for you to try at home, trust me when I say it’s amazing!
Ingredients required for spicy water which the rice will be cooked in later...
· 2 x peeled garlic cloves
· 6 x peppercorns / chilli seeds (depends how hot you want it)
· 4 x cardamom pods
· 1 x 2cm thick cinnamon stick
· 1 ¾ cups of water
Ingredients for cooking the rice...
· ½ a chopped onion
· ½ tsp cumin seeds
· 1 tbsp tomato puree
· 2 x chopped garlic cloves (can use ones used from making spicy water)
· 1 x chicken stock cube
· 1 x cup of brown rice
· 1 tbsp vegetable/olive oil
Method for making spicy water...
Put all the required ingredients into a pan and cover with a lid. Bring the water to a boil then turn off the heat, leave to infuse for 2 hours. After 2 hours, put the water through a sieve to remove all ingredients, put the garlic cloves to one side, these will be used shortly.
Method for making the rice...
Crush the chicken stock cube and stir into the spicy water. Wash the brown rice until water runs clear then put to one side. Put the oil into a pan and turn to medium heat, once hot, add the cumin seeds and stir until they begin to pop. Add the chopped onions and stir until they start to brown, then add the chopped garlic and stir until brown.
Add the damp rice and the tomato puree then quickly stir in all the ingredients, you will notice that they will start to stick to the rice. Add the spicy infused water you made earlier and bring to the boil then cover with lid and turn down to a very low heat. Leave to simmer (it’s very important not to remove the lid during cooking). After 20 minutes, turn off the heat and leave to stand with the lid on (don’t remove it yet). After 15 minutes remove the lid and fluff with spoon.Serve immediately with a meat of your choice, enjoy!
You can find other ways of making spicy rice here
P.S - This recipe will make a good serving for 2 people, if you cook for just yourself you will have some leftover for the next day :-)
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