Here is two ways to cook curried rice. The first one is done
in the microwave and the second in a saucepan. Both are vegetable friendly. The
first one I’ve known about for so long that I can’t remember where it came from
and the second one is from a magazine I read recently with a few tweaks. They
should feed 3-4 people depending on how hungry you all are.
Spicy Rice (microwave style)
250gms of rice – I use basmati
1 onion, diced
2 gloves garlic, crushed
400mls of vegetable stocks – homemade or cubed, I use 2
cubes
100mls orange juice
50gms sultanas
50gms sliced almonds
½ tsp cumin
½ tsp ginger
1 tsp turmeric
1 tsp dried coriander
30gms butter
Put the butter in a large bowl (about 2 pints) cover and
place in microwave for 30 seconds until the butter is melted. Add the diced and
onion, stir and cover. Place back in to microwave for 5 minutes (I like to stir
it in the middle of the cooking time but that’s just me). Add the rice, stock,
orange juice and spices, cover and put back in the microwave for 15 mins or
until the rice is cooked. I like to stir it half way through the cooking time. Add
sultanas and almonds and stir, cover and leave for 5 minutes. Then sit down and
enjoy it.
Cauliflower and Bean Biriyani
1 tbsp ground coriander
1 tbsp ground cumin
1 tsp turmeric
1 tbsp garam masala
1 tsp ground ginger
300g basmati rice
3 tbsp olive oil
2 leeks thickly sliced
3 cloves of garlic
800mls vegetable stock
250g small cauliflower florets
100g small broccoli florets
400g can chickpeas
3 tbsp fresh coriander
50g toasted flaked almonds
Mix together the spices. Heat oil in large pan (I find a
saucepan best unless you have deep sided frying pan). Fry the leeks and the
garlic for 5 minutes until softened. Add the mixed spices and cook for a
further 2 minutes. Stir in the rice, stock, cauliflower, broccoli and chickpeas
and bring to a simmer. Cover and simmer for 10 minutes, until the rice is
cooked. Stir half the coriander into the biriyani and the remaining over the
top with the almonds.
NB. I have made this twice and each time all but nearly
burnt it to the bottom of the pan, so keep an eye on it. My girls said it was a
bit dry but I liked it. In the original recipe they also added 100g spinach
leaves but we don’t like them so we didn’t add them but you could. Have fun
change however you want to. Oh and by the way it was published in Vegetarian
Living – Oct 2011 issue.
6am
2 weetabix with milk and honey
Orange juice
1 finger of a Drifter bar
Large sausage roll
12md
Carrot cake and caramel hot chocolate with friend in star
bucks
2pm
Pepsi
5pm
Fish and chips
2 slices bread and butter
Rollo chocolate desert
Pepsi
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