Lately I’ve been trying to eat more whole-grain foods, but at first I had a hard time getting down plain, whole-grain brown rice. It’s just so heavy and seemed to always get stuck in a ball at the back of my throat. I’ve always loved Indian pilau rice, so I decided to try and make something similar with organic brown rice. This Indian-style brown rice recipe is the result.
As with most Indian dishes, you need a lot of ingredients that you might not have in your kitchen, so a trip to the shops might be in order before you can start making it. In any case, I’ve tried to keep the ingredients list as short as possible and only use the most common Indian herbs and spices. I also added frozen peas to the mix to try and make it into a full meal in itself, although the best thing to do is to top it off with your favourite curry. It also goes quite nicely with my baked tofu in peanut butter sauce recipe.
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Ready In:Â 30-45 minutes
Serves: Â 6
Difficulty: Â 2 out of 5
Note: Now that I enjoy brown rice, I also eat this brown rice salad with pecans and sultanas. Simply scrumptious!
Continue readingIs it a dessert? Is it a main course? It’s hard to classify precisely although the one thing that’s for sure is that it is 100% awesome yumminess! I pulled this Baked Tofu in Peanut Butter Sauce recipe out of my hat last Sunday after a meat-loving friend bet me I couldn’t prepare tofu in a way that he would consider delicious or even edible, for that matter. Since he is notorious for having a sweet tooth, I decided to mix things up a bit and go for something leaning towards dessert than your typical savoury tofu dish. This was the result.
So, to make a long story short, I made the dish, he tried it, and he was absolutely blown away! The saltiness of the tamari contrasts nicely with the sweetness of the peanut butter, and the ginger, chilli pepper and garlic seemed like a good idea to give it a bit of a Thai feel.  (Another Thai dish that can be made with tofu is Pad Thai.) It may be a bit rich for some tastes, but if you’ve got a sweet tooth or just love peanut butter, I definitely recommend you try this one right away!
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Ready In:Â 30 minutes
Serves: Â 3
Difficulty: Â Â 2 out of 5
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