Rice with vegetables is a fairly simple dish. When cooking, you can use almost any vegetables on hand. Zucchini can be replaced with cabbage, you can add green beans, corn. The choice of rice is very important, use the highest quality long grain varieties.
It is necessary
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- 500-600 gr. rice jasmine
- 2 medium onions
- 3 tomatoes
- 2 bell peppers
- 1 vegetable marrow
- 4-5 cloves of garlic
- 1/3 hot pepper pod
- 2 bay leaves
- basil
- 1 glass of broth
- salt
- sugar
- vegetable oil for frying
Instructions
Step 1
Peel the zucchini and cut into strips.
Step 2
Peel the bell pepper and cut into strips.
Step 3
Peel the onion and cut into half rings.
Step 4
Remove the skin from the tomato. To do this, release the fruits in boiling water for 1 second, and then in cold water, the peel can be easily removed.
Step 5
Cut the tomato into slices.
Step 6
Peel and crush the garlic with the flat side of a knife blade.
Step 7
Saute the courgette lightly for 2-3 minutes.
Step 8
Saute the onion separately until transparent.
Step 9
Add bell pepper to the zucchini and fry for 5 minutes over low heat.
Step 10
Add bay leaves to the vegetables.
Step 11
Add the tomatoes and onions and simmer the vegetables for 3-5 minutes with the lid closed.
Step 12
Add rice to vegetables and stir to soak the rice with vegetable juice and oil.
Step 13
Add garlic.
Step 14
Pour in the broth, close the lid and cook over low heat for 20 minutes.
Step 15
After 5 minutes, remove the bay leaf from the dish, by that time it will have given up its aroma and taste.
Step 16
5 minutes before the end, add salt to the dish, add a pinch of sugar, pepper and sprinkle with basil.
Step 17
Mix again and simmer the rice until tender.
Step 18
The finished dish can be sprinkled with herbs and served with a creamy sauce.
