Friday, January 30, 2015

Tempering Rice... A quick one!

Recently I got to know the difference between a sequel and a franchise movie. If there are only two parts then its a sequel however if its 3 or more parts then the movie is a franchise. 

For example Alien, Fast and Furious movies are franchise where as Harold & Kumar is a squeal with only two parts (Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle and


Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay). 

You might be wondering where I am getting at :-)? Well, its my third blog on cooking recipes that means my blog is now a franchise, right? Kidding :-).


Since its the third recipe, you need three things for this one: 

  1. Cooked Basmati Rice 
  2. Tempering and 
  3. A good music play list :).

So let's get to it.


Ingredients:


  • 1 tsp Cumin seeds.
  • 2 inch piece of ginger, cut into fine julienne.
  • 2 medium size onion, finely chopped. A chopper would be preferred.
  • 3 large tomatoes, finely chopped. A chopper would be preferred.
  • 3 green chilies (adjust according to your taste).
  • 2 tsp red chili power (adjust according to your taste).
  • 1 tsp Cumin powder.
  • 1 tsp Coriander powder.
  • 1 tsp turmeric powder.
  • 1 tsp black pepper.
  • Lemon Juice.
  • 3 tsp Olive Oil, Refined Oil, or Desi Ghee.
  • Salt to taste.
  • Frozen/Fresh peas.
  • A glass of Rice.
  • Peanuts (optional)
  • Tomato ketchup (optional).
  • Garam masala to garnish (optional).
  • Coriander leaves to garnish (optional).


Cooking Process:

We will cook rice and tempering separately and in the end we will mix them well together.

The Rice


  • 1 glass of raw basmati rice, well rinsed with tap/filtered water till they are clean.
  • Put it in microwave safe bowl.
  • Add some salt, peas and cumin seeds.
  • Add two glasses of water and cook it. I cook it for 20 minutes in microwave on Medium High. You need to look out for your microwave settings.
  • While it cooks lets get to tempering.
Here is how it should look:

Cooked Basmati Rice










The Tempering



  • Heat the pan, add olive/ refined oil or Ghee.
  • Add cumin seeds, let them crackle.  
  • Add onion with green chilies.
  • Add ginger julienne.
  • Add salt.
  • Let the onions change its color.
  • Add tomatoes.
  • Add all the dry spices i.e. red chili power, coriander powder, cumin powder, turmeric powder
  • Mix well. Cover the pan and cook it well. 
  • Keep stirring in between.
  • Roughly cook it for 15 minutes.
  • Once its done add peanuts, tomato ketchup, garam masala, black pepper, lemon juice. 
  • Cook it for another 2-3 minutes.
Here is how it should look:

Tempering













The Mix



  • Buy this time your rice will be ready.
  • Pour the cooked rice into the tempering bowl. No need to change the bowl.
  • Mix well.
  • Cook it for another 5 minutes. 
  • And that's it.


Final Product


Tempering Rice



















Hey I am not expert, but I hope you will like it :). As always your comments are most welcome. And also don't forget to close off your play list :).

4 comments:

  1. truly delicious and so easy to cook!!must try!

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  2. Looks great - what do you recommend serving it with?

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    1. Hey Stephen,

      You can try various options with this one. You can have it with plain curd, mint chutney (sauce), any pickles, or any gravy dish will do.

      Enjoy :-)

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