Serves 2 - 4 persons
250 ml raw Jasmine rice
Feta cheese, crumbled
Jalapeno slices, pickled
Salt & pepper to taste
Cook Jasmine rice per instructions. While still hot, add the feta cheese and Jalapeno slices, season and enjoy as main meal or side dish. Absolutely smashing!! Serve hot as main dish or side dish.
Recipe and photo: Alma Pretorius
3 cups boiling water
1 c white rice (ordinary rice)
2 tsp ground cinnamon
2 cups coconut milk
1 c brown sugar (or less)(or substitute)
½ cup cocoa powder
1 tsp vanilla / caramel essence
Zest of 1 orange
Juice of 1 orange
Tin of mandarin oranges – to serve
Preheat oven to 200 oC. Place boiling water, rice, cinnamon, coconut milk, sugar, cocoa powder, vanilla, orange zest and orange juice in a 1.5L casserole oven dish with a lid and stir to combine.
Cover the dish with a lid and bake for 40 minutes. Remove dish from the oven, stir, cover again and bake for another 40 minutes – test to see if rice is soft but not mushy. Remove and let cool down. Serve with mandarin oranges / fresh orange slices. Alma Pretorius
SPICY RICE IN MICROWAVE - Ready in 25 minutes – my microwave is a 800Watt
1 cup raw rice (Tastic / Spekko)
3 cups boiling water
2 and 1/2 teaspoons chicken stock powder
1 small onion diced
1/2 green bell pepper diced
1 teaspoon crushed chilli (optional)
1 teaspoon garlic
1 teaspoon turmeric (necessary)
1 teaspoon smoked paprika / paprika (necessary)
Salt and pepper to taste
1 cup frozen mixed vegetables
1 lemon, zest
2 tablespoons lemon juice
Extra oil for afterwards
In microwave dish add rice, water, stock powder, onion, bell pepper, chilli, garlic, turmeric, paprika, salt and pepper. Stir. Microwave open on High for 20 minutes. Stir, add the frozen vegetables, lemon juice and lemon zest, stir and microwave OPEN on High for another 5 minutes. Stir, add some oil – taste, adjust seasoning and serve.
