Afghan brown rice and white sauce?!
Afghan brown rice and white sauce?
I am looking for a recipe for the rice that you would get in a Afghan resturant or a Middle Eastern resturant. I am also looking for a recipe for the white sauce that they serve it with. I am so addicted to it!
Additional Details2 weeks ago
I'm sorry, I should have been a little clearer: this is the rice that is served with a main entree, and the choice is usually white or brown rice. It's almost like rice cooked in a broth, but I can't figure how to make it.
Answers:
2 weeks ago
I'm sorry, I should have been a little clearer: this is the rice that is served with a main entree, and the choice is usually white or brown rice. It's almost like rice cooked in a broth, but I can't figure how to make it.
mmmm that sounds yummi
Kabuli Palow (Chicken with raisins, carrots and basmati rice.)
Ingredients
3 pounds chicken
2 cups basmati rice (Rinse the rice several times in cold water until water remains clear. Boil in 6 cups of water - add the rinsed rice and boil rice for 6 minutes Drain the rice in a large strainer.)
1 sliced yellow onion
1/4 cup ghee
2 tablespoons tomato paste
2 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon crushed garlic
3 1/2 cups water
1 tablespoon garam masala
Garnish:
2 shredded or shaved carrots
3 tablespoons ghee
1/2 cup raisins
1/3 cup slivered almonds
1/2 cup water
Heat 1/4 cup ghee in a large frying pan over medium-high heat. Cook sliced onion until dark brown. Pick onions out from the ghee and set aside. Leave most of the ghee in the pan.
Add washed skinless chicken to the frying pan the onions had been in, and brown well on all sides. When browned, drain excess oil. Put chicken, 2 teaspoons salt, garlic and 3 1/2 cups water into large cooking pot. Bring to a boil, cover and cook over medium heat for approximately 30 minutes or until chicken is tender.
Remove the chicken and put in a warm place (retain liquid in pan). Grind the fried onion in a blender with 1/2 cup water, 2 tablespoons tomato paste and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Mix into the meat broth and boil for 10 minutes.
Add rice and garam masala to meat broth, and simmer until liquid is reduced.
While rice is cooking, wash and peel the carrots and shred or shave into match sized pieces. Heat 3 tablespoons ghee over the medium heat in a frying pan, add the carrots and cook gently until lightly browned and tender. Drain ghee from pan. Add the raisins, slivered almonds and 1/2 cup water to the carrots and cook until all the water is reduced.
The above recipe is listed below
http://www.ethnicfoodsco.com/afghanistan...
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Afghan Brown Rice
600g rice
10cl oil
2 medium onions, thinly sliced
1-2 cm cinnamon stick
1 bay leaf
6 cloves
? tbs sugar
salt
Method
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Pre-soak the rice in water, then wash and drain.
Heat the oil in a heavy based saucepan and fry the onions until golden brown. Add the cinnamon, bay leaf, cloves and mace, and fry lightly for 5 minutes. Add the sugar and let it caramelise. Add the rice and fry for a few minutes. Add salt to taste and about 1 liter of boiling water, and cook for 10-12 minutes until the rice is properly cooked and much of the spice/sugar broth has been absorbed, but not all.