Tanzanian Vegetable Rice

5m
Prep Time
55m
Cook Time
1h
Ready In


"From: The Essential African Cookbook by Rosamund Grant. Serve with chicken or fish with a fresh relish Kachumbali."

Original is 8 servings

Nutritional

  • Serving Size: 1 (176 g)
  • Calories 133.3
  • Total Fat - 2.7 g
  • Saturated Fat - 0.6 g
  • Cholesterol - 0.9 mg
  • Sodium - 376.7 mg
  • Total Carbohydrate - 23.4 g
  • Dietary Fiber - 3.1 g
  • Sugars - 5.4 g
  • Protein - 4.8 g
  • Calcium - 41.3 mg
  • Iron - 0.9 mg
  • Vitamin C - 13.2 mg
  • Thiamin - 0.2 mg

Step by Step Method

Step 1

Wash the rice in a sieve under cold water, then leave to drain about 15 minutes.

Step 2

Heat the oil in a large saucepan and fry the onion for a few minutes over a moderate heat until soft.

Step 3

Add the rice and stir-fry for about 10 minutes, taking care to keep stirring all the time so that the rice doesn’t stick to the pan.

Step 4

Add the garlic and the stock or water and stir well. Bring to the boil and cook over a high heat for 5 minutes, then reduce the heat, cover and cook the rice for 20 minutes.

Step 5

Scatter the corn over the rice, then spread the pepper on top and lastly sprinkle over the grated carrot.

Step 6

Cover tightly and steam over a low heat until the rice is cooked, then mix together with a fork and serve immediately.

Tips


No special items needed.

1 Reviews

Derf

This rice is very flavourful and the jalapeno pepper gives it a nice little zip!! we really enjoyed it and i will make it again. I did have a little trouble with it, all went well until i went to mix it with a fork just before serving, it was stuck and slightly burned on the bottom, after adding the veggies it took too long steaming for the rice to finish cooking. Had i realized i suppose i could have added more chicken stock. The last steaming period needs to be watched closely. it is a good recipe and i will try it again, it was just a half inch on the bottom that we couldn't eat. Returned to say that next time i make it i will use a deeper pot, we really loved this and i think it was my mistake to use a shallow pan.

4.0

review by:
(13 May 2013)

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