41 lines
1.2 KiB
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41 lines
1.2 KiB
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# Middle eastern rice
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## Ingredients
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- 2 Cups Basmati or long grain rice
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- .85 cup chicken stock
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- 3 garlic cloves ( minced )
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- 2 brown or spanish onions
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- 2 plum tomatoes
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- 2-3 black limes (loumi) or regular limes in a pinch
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- 2 bay leaves
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- 2 cardamom pods
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- 2 cloves
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- 1 green chili
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- 4 Tbsp Lemon juice
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- 2 Tbsp veg butter
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- 2 Tbsp Veg oil
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- 1.5 Tsp salt
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- .75 Tsp ground turmeric
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- .5 Tsp black pepper
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### Options
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- Peel limes and then use skins as loumi, and lime juice instead of lemon juice
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## Recipe
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- Wash rice until water runs clear
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- Peel and dice onions
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- Dice tomatoes
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- Slice chili into small pieces
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- Add butter and oil to pot on medium heat, wait till melted
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- Add diced onion, minced garlic cloves
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- Sautee for 5-7 minutes until onions have softened. Do not let brown.
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- Add green chili and diced tomatoes, black limes, cardamom, cloves, turmeric, and bay leaves. Mix and cook for 3-5 minutes
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- Add lemon / lime juice to pot, add just enough stock to barel cover the rice. Add water if necessary
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- Turn heat up to high and boil.
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- Cover with lid. Lower heat to 2nd lowest setting.
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- Steam for 20 minutes
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- Remove lid, fluff rice with fork, put lid back on, wait 2 minutes, then its ready to serve.
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