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Cook rice with a little fried pumpkin for 20 minutes, then infuse the dish.
Rice with pumpkin
Products
Long grain rice – 2 cups
Pumpkin – preferably a small whole pumpkin with 700 grams of pulp
Curry – pinch
Turmeric – 1 tablespoon
Garlic – 5 teeth
Butter – a cube weighing 30-40 grams
Salt – 1 teaspoon
How to cook pumpkin rice
1. Cut the cap off the pumpkin, cut out the pulp, remove the seeds.
2. Cut the pulp into cubes with a side of 1,5 centimeters.
3. Put a frying pan with butter on the fire, and while it is heating, peel and finely chop the garlic.
4. Add garlic to a frying pan, fry for a minute, add pumpkin and all together, stirring regularly, keep on medium-high heat for 10 minutes.
5. While the vegetables are being fried, rinse the rice in a sieve several times, put in a saucepan, add water and put on a low heat.
6. Add pumpkin, salt and spices to the rice, cook for 20 minutes, then stir and leave for 10 minutes.
Delicious facts
Rice with pumpkin in a slow cooker
Rice with pumpkin can be cooked according to the principle of pilaf in a multicooker – first fry vegetables in a multicooker, then pour rice on top and add water. Cook on the “Pilaf” mode for 20 minutes with the multicooker lid closed.
We make baby porridge from the side dish
You can make porridge from the side dish if you remove the garlic and salt, but add honey and vanilla. Children like it if rice with pumpkin is cooked in milk, then it turns out to be a great breakfast.
What rice to take for cooking with pumpkin
For a crumbly side dish, long-grain rice is required, in extreme cases, medium-grain. But for porridge, round grain rice is perfect – it will boil down with pumpkin and form a pleasant consistency of the dish.