Rice Surprise!!!! yumilious....
This recipe was conceptualized on a Saturday. My mom was out at a work with the rotuine dal chawal ready to be gobbled up. I am not against our staple diet, but against dal chawal on a saturday and sunday (boringgg) . So, with desperation, I open up my refrigerator hoping that a gene wil pop out of this just like to did for Alladin. Well, its dint happen, all I could see was cabbage, carrots, olives, mutton, prawns, and basil.
So, the idea was to make a beef chilly pulav rice. and it made more sense. So I Started with chopping up the onions to make the beef chilly. Then it struck me, from when did i do something traditional. So was born my version of rice surprise. Its like a mystery, when you first see this, it looks like a normal rice stir fry is actually a deep surprise of beef fry stuffed inside the crust. Follow my recipe to surprise yourself with a Indian - Italian fusion.
The Suprise - Beef Stir fry.
I start by chopping one small medium onion along with one green chilly. In a pan add one tsp oil and put a little cumin seeds to crackle. Then add the onions and the green chilly and fry this till its golden brown. Then add two spoons of a ginger garlic paste and fry this also turn golden brown. Then you add one tsp of red chilli powder (I am indian so i eat a lot of chilly), 1/2 tsp of chilly powder and 1/2 tsp of Garam Masala. Once done add 1 cup of beef mince and cook on medium heat. No need to add water as beef will leave its own water. Season with salt and lime juice as per your taste. Finish this off with a little sprinkle of cinnamon powder and coriander leaves. Keep asisde.
The Rice
In a pan, add one tsp of oil and some roughly chopped garlic (around two spoons). Fry this till its golden brown, then add three spoons of chopped black olives. Add the precooked rice and still fry. Add chopped basil leave and season with salt. Keep aside.
The accompaniments
1) This dish would be incomplete without the side dishes. In a pan stir fry some prawns with salt and pepper. Thats it
2) So a simple stir fry vegetable does this trick. Cut the carrots in long strips. Slice some cabbage, spring onions, beans. In a pan add some oil and put ginger julienne in it. Cook for 10 sec and then add the vegetable on a high flame. Add salt and pepper to taste. Sprinkle with a little Worcestershire sauce. Finish this dish by sprinkling toasted sesame seeds on this. On a seprate Pan fry an egg, sunny side up and pace this on the veggies for extra taste. The oozing york adds an extra dimension to the food. Make sure the egg is fried just before serving and the veggies should be pipping hot.
Arrange this on a platter and its ready to devour.
Enjoy and let me know how you liked it..
Happy eating!!!
