Ingredients per 4 people:
200 g / 1 cup Basmati rice
400 ml / 2 cups cold water
salt
15 g/ 0.52 0z butter
1 tbsp bay leaf or a leaf
500 g / 4 cups mixed vegetables
(onions, carrots,snow peas, peas)
garlic
1 bean’s can
1 tbsp curry
1 tbsp flour
salt
How to make it:
Cooking the rice for absorption
Place basmati rice, preferably the longer variety, in a pot and wash it 2-3 times, changing the water so that it loses some but not all of its starch.
Add water, usually one part rice and two parts water. Add butter and salt, and an optional bay leaf.
Place on high heat and bring to a boil, once it boils, reduce heat to low, wait a minute for the boiling to slow down and place the lid on the pot. It should cook slowly for 10 minutes.
Do not touch the rice during these 10 minutes. When you see that there are no more bubbles, check the bottom of the pot by making a small hole in the rice; if there are no more drops of water, the rice is cooked.
Take it off the heat and remove the lid, do not touch it for 3-4 minutes.
After 3-4 minutes you can stir it, but don’t mix it, just to let out the steam.
Bake in a Bundt pan or pound cake pan.
Again, I wash the rice and bring it to a boil with twice the amount of water. When the rice starts to boil, remove it from the heat and pour it into a buttered pan. Bake in a preheated oven at 200° C / 392° F, wait 10 minutes and cover with a lid or foil.
Bake for another 10 minutes, for a total of 20 minutes.
Remove from the oven, remove the foil, and let it sit on the table for 5 minutes, then turn it upside down onto a plate where you can top it with any sauce you like.
Curry Vegetables
In a pan, put two tablespoons of oil and your favorite vegetables. In this case, I put an onion, a carrot, 5 snow peas, some peas, garlic and brown everything for 5 minutes.
Add a tablespoon of curry powder and a tablespoon of flour, mix well and add a cup and a half of water.
and a half of water.
Add a can of beans or chickpeas, bring to a boil, lower the heat and cook for 20 minutes. Add just a pinch of salt without overdoing it.
You’ll have beautiful, very aromatic vegetables to fill your doughnut or serve next to your rice pudding.
They’re also good on their own, with some boiled potatoes, polenta, or a nice loaf of bread to soak it in.