This recipe is very different from our typical Pakistani rice dishes. Frying rice is a very interesting step before cooking in broth.
INGREDIENTS:
Rice | 2 cups |
Tomatoes | 3 medium |
Onion | 1 medium |
Salt | to taste |
Chicken Broth/ stock | 2 cups |
Cumin seeds | 1/2 tsp |
Garlic clove | 2 large |
Green chillies | 3-4 |
Coriander leaves | few |
Lemon juice | 1 tbsp |
Oil | 1/4 cup |
METHOD:
- Wash and soak rice in water for 15 minutes.
- In a blender, blend tomatoes and onion with 1/4 cup of water.
- Pour in a pan and let it boil , now add salt, cumin and chicken broth in it. Let it boil for few minutes.
- In another pan add oil and and rice , fry till light brown, add green chillies chopped and garlic chopped and stir.
- Add tomato and onion puree in it. Adjust salt and water if required more.
- Cover with the lid and cook on low flame after ten minutes pour lemon juice , coriander leaves and mix with very light hands.Cover the lid again and cook till done.
- Serve with Cheese Potato patties. (recipe in my next post)
- Enjoy very different and healthy rice dish.