Nice Side Of Rice
By: Mateja ^_^
Published: Wednesday, December 1, 2010 - 6:17am

Ingredients




Ingredients:
2 cups long grain rice
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground turmeric
1/4 cup vermicelli pasta
4 tablespoons vegetable oil
4 cups water, boiling hot

Preparation

1 Directions: 2 Wash the rice to remove some of the starches and soak it in lukewarm water for 15 – 20 minutes. 3 Into a big enough pot, put vegetable oil and heat over medium heat. Add vermicelli pasta and brown until it turns nice golden-brown in color. 4 Add rice, turmeric, salt, and sauté for 3 minutes stirring constantly. 5 Turn the heat to high and add water. Wait until it comes to boil, stir, reduce the heat to medium, cover, and let it boil covered for about 10 minutes. 6 Turn the heat down to low and cook for additional 5 minutes. 7 After 10 minutes fluff your rice with fork and transfer to a serving plate. 8 Remove the pot from heat and let the rice rest covered for 10 minutes.

About


I always prefer rice over potatoes. And today I had that perfect excuse to make a nice side of rice with my eggplant stew. And it feels soooooo good on this gloomy rainy sad day to please my self with a good comfy dinner!