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How to Make Egg Fried Rice

This delicious but simple recipe is an excellent quick fix for the hunger pangs or the lunch bag.

Ingredients

• Cumin seeds
• 2 eggs
• 1/4 tsp salt (beat together the salt and eggs)
• 1 coarsely chopped onion
• 2 tbsp oil
• 2 cloves garlic-finely chopped
• 1 tbsp celery-finely chopped
• 1 tsp soya sauce
• 1 tsp vinegar
• 1 tsp chilli sauce
• 2 tbsp oil
• 1 cup rice

Steps

1. Cook the rice, then rinse under cold water till cool.
2. Work 1 tbsp oil into it.
3. Leave it to drain.
4. Heat 1 tbsp oil in a wok.
5. Add cumin seeds and eggs then cook them, stir frying all the time so that they are cooked to a scramble.
6. Keep aside till ready to use.
7. Heat the rest of the oil in the wok.
8. Add the garlic and onion and stir-fry together over high heat for about 5 minutes or till the onion looks transparent, but is not soft.
9. Add the rice, Soya sauce, chilli sauce, vinegar and celery and mix together continuing to stir-fry over high heat.
10. Serve hot, garnished with the scrambled egg.

Tips

• For vegetable fried rice, omit egg and add mixed cooked vegetables after the onions are transparent.

Warnings

• When things get hot they burn, so be extremely careful while handling hot pots and pans.

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How to Cook Yellow Rice

Cooking is important for teenage life. Cooking for yourself can help your parents avoid going to the kitchen. Also, it can be useful for your adult life. Here are the steps to cook yellow rice.

Ingredients

• 2 teaspoons butter or margarine
• 1/4 to 1/2 cup finely diced onion
• 2/3 cups long grain rice
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 1 1/2 teaspoon tumeric or 1/2 teaspoon saffron
• 1 teaspoon salt
• other spices or seasonings to taste, including chicken bouillon cubes, chicken stock in place of part of the water.

Steps

1. Saute onions in the butter in a large deep skillet for which you have a good fitting lid. About 5 minutes at medium heat.
2. Add remaining dry ingredients, and stir well.
3. Pour in your water, (or chicken stock with water).
4. Bring contents of skillet to boil, then cover.
5. Turn down the heat on the burner to medium low, or low enough the contents will simmer without boiling over.
6. Allow the contents to simmer for 15 minutes, or until the water is absorbed by the rice. Keep the lid closed during this step.
7. Check to make sure the rice is tender. Because the proportion of water to rice may vary, and cooking time may vary due to differences in elevation, adjust recipe as needed.

Tips

• Remember not to let the rice burn.
• Remember not to put the fire on too high.
• Instead tumeric, use a dash of saffron. It is what real yellow rice is made with but only use a little.
• You can put all the ingredients in pot before it boils, turn down heat to a very low simmer and cover it once it starts to boil.
• Doubling this recipe will work if the skillet is large enough to hold the finished rice.
• This dish very popular in some Asian countries, Indonesian people often cook the yellow rice to celebrate special occasion like birthday, or ceremonial festive. They often mold it with a cone in addition.
• Try it with Rendang, Ayam Goreng, or with scrambled eggs.

Warnings

• Watch out - there's fire on the stove, so use all necessary precautions to make sure it doesn't go anywhere else.

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How to Make Milk Rice

Milk Rice is a traditional specialty food item of Sri Lanka made on special occasions or for breakfast on the first day of every month. Some Sri Lankans believe it is a lucky food. It is simple to make and very tasty. This recipe serves three.

Ingredients

• 500 g brown rice or white rice
• dash of salt
• 3 cups water
• 1 cup coconut milk (may use cow's milk instead)

Steps

1. Wash the rice. Place in a medium-sized pot.
2. Add the water and salt.
3. Cook the rice over medium-low heat. About halfway through the cooking time, when half of the water is evaporated, add the coconut or cow's milk.
4. Continue cooking for another ten minutes.
5. Remove the pot from the heat. The dish will have the consistency of porridge.

Tips

• To serve in the traditional way, spread the milk rice on a tray or a board so it is one inch thick. Level the mixture well by using a cleaned banana leaf or plastic wrap. Cut into squares with a knife.
• Experiment with adding honey, jaggery, or chili sambols. (Chili sambol is made with sliced onions, chilies, salt, and lime juice mixed together.)

Warnings

• Don't eat too much milk rice -- it makes you sleepy.
• Too much milk makes the rice too sweet.

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How to Cook White Rice Peruvian Style

Peruvian food, similar to other Latin-American foods, relies heavily on rice. When done well, Peruvian-style white rice is exquisite and rich, you can even eat it by itself. In Peru this style of rice is called "Arroz Graneado", literally meaning "grained" rice, because the grainy texture that should be accomplished.

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup oil
• 2 tablespoons chopped garlic
• 2 cups regular white rice
• 2 1/2 cups of water
• a cube of chicken boullion (optional)

Steps

1. In a medium/large pan, put 1/4 cup of oil and heat it until medium-high.
2. Add 2 tbsps. of chopped garlic and let it fry until brown. This just takes a few seconds.
3. Add 2 cups of regular white rice that has been washed and rinsed, so it's wet. Stir with a wooden spoon and mix with the garlic.
4. Add 2 1/2 cups of water. You may add also a cube of chicken bouillon diluted in the water.
5. Turn up the heat and make the rice mixture boil for a few seconds.
6. Cover and simmer gently for 15-20 minutes without lifting the lid.
7. Turn off the heat, uncover and fluff the rice with a fork. The grains should be plump and soft, and not pasty.

Tips

• "Simmering gently" can be tricky. Usually in an electric range it would be 2/10 of the highest temperature, or a little bit above the "low" setting. Cooking it too low will cause the rice to cook only on the outside and not the inside, and that is unfixable. Cooking too high will cause it to cook unevenly and possibly burn the bottom.
• Rice usually goes with a main dish by its side, usually some type of "estofado" or stew.
• Some rice has been enriched with powdered vitamins and minerals. It is best not to rinse this type of rice.

Warnings

• Do not lift that lid before the 15 minutes have gone up. If you do, put it back immediately. This can alter the texture of the rice and ruin it.

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