How to Fall Appetizing Egyptian Rice

Christine Gilbert
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How to Fall Appetizing Egyptian Rice Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Egyptian Rice. Egyptian rice is a very short grain rice, grown in Egypt. It is not cooked the same way as medium or long grain rice. When my daughter was younger we used to do a little thing called dinner around the world.

Egyptian rice is a medium grain rice grown in Egypt.

When cooked, this fat grains has soft fluffy texture, and not at all sticky.

Widely used as daily Egyptian meals, absolutely delicious eaten just plain or with stews.

You can cook Egyptian Rice using 6 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Egyptian Rice

  1. It’s of bag of short, thin pasta noodles.

  2. It’s of Basmati Rice, soaked in water and rinsed well..

  3. Prepare of salt.

  4. It’s of butter.

  5. It’s of olive oil.

  6. It’s of water.

Perfect for making dolma, risotto-style dish or making rice pudding.

I make koshary quite a lot, and this is a good recipe.

You cut time by making things simultaneously (cooking macaroni, lentils and rice on separate burners) and the sauce in another pan.

In the US, Calrose Rice is a brand that sells short grain rice.

Egyptian Rice step by step

  1. Step 1: turn your stove onto medium high heat. After your rice is rinsed set aside. Drizzle the oil into the bottom of the pot and pour in the pasta and brown. Watch the pasta, mixing and browning it thoroughly..

  2. Add the rice and mix thoroughly for about 5 minutes..

  3. Add the water. I usually add about two cups extra over the rice, enough the cover the top or just over. Add the salt and butter, about 3 Tbsp. Stir and let boil. Once the rice has doubled in sized and there is no more water in the pot, cover and let stand for half and hour..

  4. The rice should resemble the look in the picture..

Here in the UAE short grain rice is also known as Egyptian Rice or Rice Misri.

That is just part of my secret.

Koshari is a traditional Egyptian staple, mixing chick peas, pasta, fried onions, and zesty tomato sauce, served on top a bed of rice and brown lentils!

Flavor packed and not to mention healthy!

The rice is mixed with tomato sauce, cinnamon, and herbs such as parsley, cilantro, and dill.