Evening's Well Spent...

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. 

• 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)

 

1. In a deep covered ceramic cooking ware, combined 50g butter, spices and pre blended garlic, shallot and ginger. 
2. 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.
3. 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. 
4. Microwaved the rice under full power setting for total 10 minutes,  stirring the rice to cook evenly once or twice during the process. 
5. 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)