Middle Eastern Mushroom Rice
Middle Eastern Mushroom Rice

Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, middle eastern mushroom rice. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Middle Eastern Mushroom Rice is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They are fine and they look fantastic. Middle Eastern Mushroom Rice is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

It's so good that it can be served on its own as a main dish. All you need is a large tray of mushrooms, garlic, onion, rice, and fresh green onions! If you're a fan of mushrooms, then you're going to LOVE this mushroom rice! Make rice according to directions using Mushroom Broth When ready, put in a bowl.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have middle eastern mushroom rice using 25 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Middle Eastern Mushroom Rice:
  1. Make ready Stock
  2. Take 2 L water
  3. Take 4 celery stalks, quartered (include leaves)
  4. Get 4 carrots, halved by length and width
  5. Take 4 large brown onions, halved
  6. Take 8 garlic cloves, lightly bashed
  7. Get 1 cinnamon stick
  8. Make ready Bunch parsley
  9. Prepare Rice
  10. Get 3 cups golden sella basmati rice*
  11. Get 1 tsp allspice
  12. Take 2 tsp Hoyts mixed spice**
  13. Make ready 2 tsp cumin
  14. Prepare 2-4 tsp salt (I add 4, it depends on your salt preference)
  15. Get 2 tsp powdered white pepper
  16. Take 2 Tbs mild oil (rice bran, vegetable, etc)
  17. Make ready 1 kg mushroom mince***
  18. Get Drizzle of olive oil
  19. Make ready Toasted garnish
  20. Prepare 2 Tbs mild oil
  21. Get 150 g pine nuts
  22. Take 150 g sliced almonds
  23. Prepare Fresh garnish
  24. Make ready 50 g pistachios, crushed
  25. Get 1/2 cup fresh red currents or pomegranate

Spoon half of the rice into the dish and. This rice pilaf is commonly called Middle Eastern Rice or Arabic Rice. It's a standard (and possibly the most popular) side dish in that region. We typically serve it with meat dishes like kafta and shawarma, but we also use it as a base to accompany many of our stews.

Steps to make Middle Eastern Mushroom Rice:
  1. First make the stock by bringing to the boil all stock ingredients except parsley in a deep pot. Reduce heat, cover and allow to simmer for an hour.
  2. Meanwhile wash and drain the rice in a bowl. Add the all spice, mixed spice, cumin, salt and white pepper and allow to sit and marinate while the stock is simmering.
  3. Add parsley to the stock and simmer for another half hour. Once the stock is finish remove all the chunky stuff including cinnamon and bay leaves keep warm.
  4. Heat 2 Tbs oil in a large, broad based pot on medium heat. Fry the mushrooms for 3-4 minutes or until just tender. Add the rice, stir in and toast with the mushrooms for another 2-3 minutes.
  5. Pour half the stock into the rice, scrape down the sides so all rice is submerged. Cover and allow to simmer until 3/4 liquid has been absorbed. Add the rest of the stock, stir a little, cover and again, simmer until 3/4 is absorbed. Be gentle when stiring to avoid breaking the rice grains.
  6. Turn the heat off and leave the lid on the pot, the rest of the liquid will absorb out passively and leaves you with a really smooth, moist rice.
  7. Heat 2 Tbs oil in a frypan on low heat. Add the pine nuts and almonds and toast while stirring for 2 minutes or until they have just started to change colour. Remove from heat and from stove to avoid the nuts from burning. They will continue to toast in the hot oil.
  8. Drizzle the rice with some olive oil and mix in.
  9. Sprinkle the toasted nuts over the rice, and drizzle with the remaining oil in the frypan (very tasty nutty oil).
  10. Garnish with crushed pistachios and red currants.

It's a standard (and possibly the most popular) side dish in that region. We typically serve it with meat dishes like kafta and shawarma, but we also use it as a base to accompany many of our stews. That's actually how we mostly eat it in my house. Mejadra is a fragrant Middle Eastern rice pilaf that is SO GOOD you can - and will want to - eat it on its own! Mejadra is an ancient dish that is hugely popular throughout the Arab world.

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