Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, middle eastern mushroom rice. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Middle Eastern Mushroom Rice is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Middle Eastern Mushroom Rice is something that I have loved my entire life.
Rice - long grain white rice is my preferred grain here and my pantry is never without it, but basmati and jasmine also work. Avoid using risotto rice, sushi rice, and paella rice because they will end up too sticky. I have not tested this recipe with brown rice, but typically brown rice requires more liquid and extra cooking time.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook middle eastern mushroom rice using 25 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Middle Eastern Mushroom Rice:
- Take Stock
- Get 2 L water
- Make ready 4 celery stalks, quartered (include leaves)
- Get 4 carrots, halved by length and width
- Make ready 4 large brown onions, halved
- Get 8 garlic cloves, lightly bashed
- Get 1 cinnamon stick
- Take Bunch parsley
- Prepare Rice
- Make ready 3 cups golden sella basmati rice*
- Get 1 tsp allspice
- Make ready 2 tsp Hoyts mixed spice**
- Take 2 tsp cumin
- Get 2-4 tsp salt (I add 4, it depends on your salt preference)
- Get 2 tsp powdered white pepper
- Get 2 Tbs mild oil (rice bran, vegetable, etc)
- Make ready 1 kg mushroom mince***
- Make ready Drizzle of olive oil
- Make ready Toasted garnish
- Take 2 Tbs mild oil
- Make ready 150 g pine nuts
- Get 150 g sliced almonds
- Prepare Fresh garnish
- Take 50 g pistachios, crushed
- Make ready 1/2 cup fresh red currents or pomegranate
Top with toasted almonds and pine nuts and this rice will complement any Middle Eastern dish that you make. A stovetop and Instant Pot methods are included. Season with salt and pepper then remove and set aside (we put these in at the end, mushrooms cooked in rice don't stay as golden). It is an easy-to-make Middle Eastern comfort food that combines lentils, rice and delicious fried onions.
Steps to make Middle Eastern Mushroom Rice:
- First make the stock by bringing to the boil all stock ingredients except parsley in a deep pot. Reduce heat, cover and allow to simmer for an hour.
- Meanwhile wash and drain the rice in a bowl. Add the all spice, mixed spice, cumin, salt and white pepper and allow to sit and marinate while the stock is simmering.
- Add parsley to the stock and simmer for another half hour. Once the stock is finish remove all the chunky stuff including cinnamon and bay leaves keep warm.
- Heat 2 Tbs oil in a large, broad based pot on medium heat. Fry the mushrooms for 3-4 minutes or until just tender. Add the rice, stir in and toast with the mushrooms for another 2-3 minutes.
- Pour half the stock into the rice, scrape down the sides so all rice is submerged. Cover and allow to simmer until 3/4 liquid has been absorbed. Add the rest of the stock, stir a little, cover and again, simmer until 3/4 is absorbed. Be gentle when stiring to avoid breaking the rice grains.
- Turn the heat off and leave the lid on the pot, the rest of the liquid will absorb out passively and leaves you with a really smooth, moist rice.
- Heat 2 Tbs oil in a frypan on low heat. Add the pine nuts and almonds and toast while stirring for 2 minutes or until they have just started to change colour. Remove from heat and from stove to avoid the nuts from burning. They will continue to toast in the hot oil.
- Drizzle the rice with some olive oil and mix in.
- Sprinkle the toasted nuts over the rice, and drizzle with the remaining oil in the frypan (very tasty nutty oil).
- Garnish with crushed pistachios and red currants.
The yogurt really gives it a super flavor! This rice pilaf is commonly called Middle Eastern Rice or Arabic Rice. It's a standard (and possibly the most popular) side dish in that region. We typically serve it with meat dishes like kafta and shawarma, but we also use it as a base to accompany many of our stews. That's actually how we mostly eat it in my house.
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