How to make healthy lunch -2020 [BUKHARI RICE RECIPE]

Bukhari Rice is a healthy lunch recipe. It is the aromatic and flavorful that is the Middle Eastern rice dish which has features numerous spices to evoke. Bukhari rice namesake in the Silk Road city of Bukhara. How to make healthy lunch -2020 [BUKHARI RICE RECIPE] 

How to make healthy lunch -2020 [BUKHARI RICE RECIPE]

 

INGREDIENTS

• 2 cups basmati rice
• 2 Tablespoons olive oil
• 1 large onion, chopped or sliced thin
• 1 heaping cup of grated carrot
• 1 cinnamon stick and/or ½ teaspoon powdered cinnamon
• 2 bay leaves
• 2 teaspoons cumin
• 1½ teaspoons cardamom
• ½ teaspoon black pepper
• ½ teaspoon nutmeg
• ⅛ teaspoon clove
• 1½ cups cooked chickpeas
• 3¼ cups hot vegetable broth
• sea salt (to taste, depends on how salty your vegetable broth is - I used 1 teaspoon)
• nuts or dried fruits to garnish

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Wash the rice 3 times, then cover with warm water and let it soak for at least 10 minutes or more.
2. Add the oil and fry the onions with just a pinch of salt until they get soft and start to take a nice brown color on the edges in the large nonstick saucepan over medium-high heat . 
3. Then add in the carrots and sauté for another minute or two. 
4. Drain the rice and have it ready next to you while that's going on .
5. Add the cinnamon stick and to the onion and carrot mix, bay leaves, cumin, cardamom, black pepper, nutmeg, and clove and sauté for another 30 seconds. 
6. The aroma will be very fragrant. In that time add the drained rice and the chickpeas and stir them around gently to incorporate all the spices. 
7. Then pour in the hot vegetable broth, stir, and let it come to a boil with the lid just slightly off the pot. 
8. You'll notice that after 5 minutes the level of broth is now just below the surface of the rice and bubbles are popping through. 
9. Then cover the pot tightly with the lid and put the heat underneath on the lowest setting possible. Cook undisturbed for about 22 minutes.
10. Remove the lid with gently fold and fluff the rice. Then with a spatula or a rice paddle after 22 minutes, have elapsed .After that cover it again then let it sit off the heat for 5 minutes and stop it off.

How to make healthy lunch -2020 [BUKHARI RICE RECIPE]

NOTES

• NEED TO SERVE GARNISHED WITH TOASTED ALMONDS OR PINE NUTS. MAKE A WONDERFUL ADDITION RAISINS AND CHOPPED DRIED APRICOTS ALSO . 
• If You want to make healthy lunch recipe ,please try it and enjoy.