Long grain rice with yogurt and spices

4 servings

45 minutes

The recipe is taken from the book "Appetizing porridges. 365 best recipes.

Energy value per serving

• Calories: 515.3
• Proteins: 10.3g
• Fats: 15.6g
• Carbohydrates: 79.2g

Ingredients

• Long grain rice: 2 glass
• Melted butter: 1 tbsp
• Butter: 1 tbsp
• Dry mustard: 1 tsp
• Fennel seeds: 0.5 tsp
• Chili pepper: 2 pc
• Ginger: 1 pc
• Yogurt: 250 ml
• Salt: to taste

Cooking steps

1. Wash the hot pepper, remove the stems with seeds, and cut into thin strips.

   Required ingredients:

   • Chili pepper: 2 pieces

2. Peel, wash, and grate the ginger on a fine grater.

   Required ingredients:

   • Ginger: 1 piece

3. Rinse the rice, soak for 15 minutes, then drain in a colander.

   Required ingredients:

   • Long grain rice: 2 glasss

4. Put mustard seeds in a pot with heated ghee and fry under the lid until they stop cracking.

   Required ingredients:

   • Dry mustard: 1 teaspoon
   • Melted butter: 1 tablespoon

5. Then add fennel seeds, hot pepper, and ginger and stir quickly.

   Required ingredients:

   • Fennel seeds: 0.5 teaspoon
   • Chili pepper: 2 pieces
   • Ginger: 1 piece

6. Add rice to the spice mixture and fry for 1-2 minutes while stirring, until the grains become transparent.

   Required ingredients:

   • Long grain rice: 2 glasss

7. Pour water into the pot, add salt, and bring to a boil.

   Required ingredients:

   • Salt:  to taste

8. Cover the pot with a lid, reduce the heat to low, and cook the porridge for 20 minutes.

9. 5 minutes before it's ready, remove the lid, add yogurt and butter, and quickly stir the porridge with a cooking fork.

   Required ingredients:

   • Yogurt: 250 ml
   • Butter: 1 tablespoon

10. Close the pot with a lid again and continue cooking until the grains swell and absorb most of the liquid.

11. After that, remove the lid and let the porridge sit on the heat for another 3 minutes.