Makes
enough for about 6-8 people.
 4
cups (or about 1 liter) white rice
2
tomatoes and 1 bell pepper (without seeds if you
don't like things too hot) OR
8
ounces (or about ¼ liter) canned tomato sauce and
3 ounces (or about 90 milliliters) canned tomato
paste
Onion
Salt
Dry
Red Pepper (like Cayenne pepper)
Meat
broth (about 1 cup or ¼ liters) or Magi cubes
(about 4)
Water |
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- Unless
the rice is pretty clean, you will want to
rinse it before cooking it.
- Put
the rice and about 6 cups (or about 1½
liters) of water into a pot and place on high
heat. (Some people prefer to boil the water
and add the rice to boiling water. This is
fine too.)
- If
you are using fresh ingredients (the tomatoes
and pepper) blend them until they are smooth
in texture (you can also grind the onion with
this mixture).
- Let
the rice cook 10-15 minutes.
- Add
either the tomato/pepper mixture or the tomato
sauce and tomato paste. If you have not added
the onion, you can slice or dice it now and
add to the pot, depending on how large you
like your onions.
- Add
enough water to allow the rice to complete
cooking (since you will not be draining the
rice, it is better to add too little and check
up on it often, than to add too much).
- If
you have any meat broth from boiling any meat,
you can add it to this as well. Otherwise,
unless you are a vegetarian, suggest adding
about 4 magi cubes for taste.
- Add
about 2 teaspoons of salt, and about ½ a
teaspoon of dry red pepper (as the rice is
cooking, or as you are eating the finished
product, you can add more of either one of
these so I really suggest starting out small,
also useful if different people who will be
dining have different tastes).
- Allow
the rice to continue cooking until the rice is
soft. If it is not dry at this point, then
switch the heat to low to allow it to dry the
excess water without making the rice much
softer. (Also, some people prefer to bake it
once they've added the ingredients...I suggest
350 degrees or so.)
- Once
cooked, add more salt or pepper to it if you
wish.
HINT:
Goes GREAT with dodo and usually eaten with some
meat on the side. |
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