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How to make vegetable dressing for rice
Rice is one of the most versatile foods around. Many dishes are prepared from it with a variety of ingredients: sweet and spicy, fresh and salty, spicy and neutral in taste. Cooked rice serves as a ready-made base for a hearty meal. Try preparing a vegetable dressing for it, which will give the garnish an expressive, juicy and mild flavor.
Vegetable gravy for rice: how to cook
To prepare vegetable gravy for rice, you will need the following ingredients: – 1 onion; – 1 large carrot; – 3 bell peppers of different colors; – 2 tbsp. l. tomato paste; – 1 glass of meat or mushroom broth; – salt to taste; – bay leaf to taste; – spices (dry basil, dill and parsley) to taste; – 2 tbsp. l. wheat flour or starch; – fresh herbs.
First, cook the rice in a saucepan or double boiler. While the grits are ready, start preparing the ingredients for the gravy. Peel and cut the onions into thin half rings, and chop the bell peppers and peeled carrots into strips.
Transfer the chopped vegetables to a deep skillet, add the broth and tomato paste. Bring the mixture to a boil, then reduce the heat and season the gravy with bay leaf, salt, and dry seasoning. When the vegetables are soft, dissolve starch or wheat flour in boiled cool water, then thicken the prepared sauce with this gruel. Pour the gravy over the rice, sprinkle with fresh chopped herbs and serve.
Vegetable dressing-stew for rice
In order to prepare vegetable stew dressing for rice, you will need: – 1 fresh medium-sized carrot; – 1 small fresh vegetable marrow; – 200-250 grams of green peas (frozen); – 1 medium onion; – 2-3 st. l. vegetable oil; – 200-300 grams of tomato juice; – sweet paprika (dry) to taste; – dried parsley to taste; – ground black pepper to taste; – salt to taste; – vegetable oil for frying.
It will take about 30 minutes to prepare the vegetable stew for the rice.
Grill the peeled onions with rings and then into quarters. Spread it in vegetable oil. When the onion has softened, add the peeled carrots, grated on a fine grated grater. After 5 minutes, add the zucchini, peeled and cut into small cubes, into the skillet. Fry it all together for another 10 minutes.
Put the fried vegetables in a saucepan, add green peas and cover with tomato juice, it should cover the vegetables a little. Let the mixture simmer and then season to taste with sweet dry paprika, dried parsley, black pepper, and salt. Simmer everything together over low heat for about 10 minutes. The vegetable dressing for the rice is ready!