Rice with vegetables
Rice is a grain that contains a lot of starches, so it is not recommended to eat it in large quantities, but after a long and hard day of study or work, children and family members long for a filling meal that compensates them for the calories that their bodies consumed during the day, and there are many meals that can You can prepare it using rice, including as a side dish served with fish and grilled chicken, or as a main meal such as maqluba and kabsa. In this article, we will mention two recipes for rice with vegetables in two different forms.
Rice and vegetables with minced meat
the ingredients
- Two cups of long-grain rice, soaked in water for a quarter of an hour.
- Four large carrots, cut into small squares.
- A cup of sorted peas.
- An ounce of finely chopped meat.
- A liter of chicken stock or water.
- Two tablespoons of vegetable ghee.
- A teaspoon of salt or as desired.
- Half a teaspoon of ground cinnamon.
- A quarter teaspoon of ground black pepper.
How to prepare
- Place the ghee in the pot over medium heat, then fry the minced meat, and add the carrots until cooked.
- Add the peas and salt, then the chicken stock and leave it until it boils for twenty minutes.
- Drain the rice from the water, add it to the pot, reduce the temperature, then cook the rice for twenty minutes.
- Serve the rice dish hot with yoghurt and green salad.
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White Maqluba
the ingredients
- Two cups of short-grain Egyptian rice.
- Small head of cauliflower.
- Three carrots, cut into circles.
- One sweet green pepper.
- A small piece of onion.
- One clove of crushed garlic.
- Three tablespoons of vegetable oil.
- A teaspoon of mixed spices.
- Small spoon of salt.
- Two pieces of Maggi cube.
- Two bay leaves.
- ¼ teaspoon of black pepper.
- One liter of water.
How to prepare
- Soak the rice in cold water for an hour.
- Put the oil in the pot over medium heat, peel the onion and put it in the oil.
- Add the water, maggi, bay leaves, spices, black pepper, and salt, then leave the pot on the heat for fifteen minutes.
- Fry cauliflower, carrots, and green pepper.
- Arrange the fried vegetables in the pot, then fry the crushed garlic in a small amount of oil until it becomes light golden, then add the garlic over the vegetables with the oil.
- Drain the rice, wash it well several times with water, add it to the vegetables, then add the hot Maggi stock to the pot, and leave it for twenty minutes.
- Serve the white maqluba with yoghurt and salad.
