Its has been ages since I have the luxury of a day off. Starting from last Jun, most of my weekdays spent in office or elsewhere where the services need my presence. Given a hard well earned day off, I think it is a good idea to have earthy home cooked meal. After getting all the ingredients I need, my journey in Slyvester's Kitchen once again unfurled. For this evening, I had prepare microwaved biryani rice served with grilled chicken and sauteed vegetables.
Biryani Rice (2-3 serving)
- a cup of Bhasmati rice
- equal part of lukewarm water
- 1/4 cup of dark raisin
- 1/4 cup of cashew nut
- 150g of salted butter
- pinch of all spices
- 2 cloves of garlic, 1 medium sized shallot, thumb sized of ginger (blended together)
Method
- In a deep covered ceramic cooking ware, combined 50g butter, spices and pre blended garlic, shallot and ginger.
- Cooked in microwave oven under full power setting for 2 minutes with the lid off. The mixture should give off pleasant aromatic smell that wafted around the kitchen.
- Once done, add the rice grain into the mixture, combine well. Add equal amount of lukewarm water into the pot and covered with the lid.
- Microwaved the rice under full power setting for total 10 minutes, stirring the rice to cook evenly once or twice during the process.
- After the microwave process done, removed the rice from heat source. Stir in remaining butter and allow another 8-10 minutes of standing time prior to serving. (*take caution as steam emanated from the pot can cause severe scalded)
