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Rice in tomato sauce

Rice in Tomato Sauce

Make rice a whole new way! A fragrant, vivid side dish! Rice in tomato sauce is a simple but very tasty dish. It can be either a side or a full meal. This rice pairs beautifully with just about any meat or fish.

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Composition / ingredients

Servings:

Rice

Water

Tomato paste

Garlic

Ginger

Chili pepper

0.5

Vegetable oil

Salt

Green onion (for garnish when serving)

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 9 % 3 g

Fats 20 % 7 g

Carbohydrates 71 % 25 g

163 kcal

GI: 8 / 92 / 0

Cooking method

Cooking time: 30 min

Step 1:

How do you make rice in tomato sauce? To start, gather the ingredients you'll need: rice, tomato paste, vegetable oil for frying, salt, and spices. Of course, you can get by with just the tomato paste, but spices really dress up a simple dish. By changing the spices and seasonings each time, you'll get a new flavor. This time I decided to add garlic, ginger, and chili pepper to the rice for a little kick.
Step 2:

Take one cup of rice. Any variety will do — round-grain or long-grain doesn't matter, and you can even use parboiled. That just changes the cooking time and the water ratio. For 200 g of long-grain or parboiled rice, use 450 ml of water and cook for 18–20 minutes. For short-grain rice, use 400 ml of water and cook the same length of time. Brown and wild rice cook for 45–50 minutes and need 500–575 ml of water. Rinse the rice well and let it dry.
Step 3:

Pour a little vegetable oil into a saucepan or small pot. Add the finely chopped garlic and fry it for a few seconds.
Step 4:

Peel the ginger and chili pepper. Chop them finely and warm them in the oil until the aroma blooms. There's no need to brown them heavily.
Step 5:

Add the tomato paste. Stirring, warm it until the oil turns red, about 3–4 minutes.
Step 6:

Add the rice, salt, and spices to taste.
Step 7:

Stir until the rice is evenly coated with the tomato sauté.
Step 8:

Pour in the right amount of boiled water and cook the rice over medium heat until the loose liquid on the surface is absorbed. Then reduce the heat to its lowest setting, cover with a lid, and let the rice cook for another 3–4 minutes. Then turn off the stove and leave the rice, covered, to finish for 10 minutes. Serve the rice in tomato sauce hot, sprinkled with finely chopped green onion.

Tip: Don't replace the tomato paste with ketchup; it's better to use tomatoes canned in their own juice or natural tomato juice instead of the paste. Your rice in tomato sauce is ready! Enjoy!
Important! To make rice dishes turn out delicious every time, read the article on the finer points of choosing and cooking rice.
Since everyone's sense of saltiness, sweetness, bitterness, spiciness, acidity, and heat is different, always add spices and seasonings to your own taste! If you're using a seasoning for the first time, keep in mind that some are especially easy to overdo (chili pepper, for example).
Any oil is good only up to a certain temperature — its smoke point, at which the oil begins to burn and forms toxic substances, including carcinogens. For how to gauge the frying temperature and choose the best oil for frying — and which ones are better avoided entirely — read here.