Rice with tomato paste, garlic and basil to garnish

An unusual variation of your favorite side dish can also become the main dish! Any hostess should take note of this dish. Rice in tomato sauce is suitable for a festive table, diversifies everyday dinner, will be a wonderful side dish for meat. Also, this food will go great as an independent dish and will appeal to vegetarians.
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Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 12 % 3 g
Fats 4 % 1 g
Carbohydrates 84 % 21 g
80 kcal
GI: 24 / 76 / 0

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Cooking time: 40 min
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To begin with, the rice needs to be thoroughly rinsed until the water after it becomes transparent. Then pour into a saucepan and add chopped garlic to it. After that, you need to pour water into the rice and add tomato paste or mashed potatoes. Mix the ingredients in a saucepan and put it on high heat until it boils. Immediately after boiling, the temperature should be reduced, add salt to the mixture and cook for about 20 minutes until the rice is cooked. Before the end of cooking, add dried basil to the rice and, when everything is ready, mix. 
Rice will look beautiful on the table if it is placed in a slide on a dish decorated with large lettuce leaves. This recipe is quite simple, and the result will appeal to all eaters. Garlic and basil add piquancy to rice and make this dish much more advantageous than ordinary rice.

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Raw wild rice - 353   kcal/100g
  • Brown raw rice - 360   kcal/100g
  • Boiled brown rice - 119   kcal/100g
  • White fortified raw rice - 363   kcal/100g
  • White fortified boiled rice - 109   kcal/100g
  • White rice, steamed, with long grains raw - 369   kcal/100g
  • Steamed white rice, boiled with long grains - 106   kcal/100g
  • Instant dry rice - 374   kcal/100g
  • Instant rice, ready to eat - 109   kcal/100g
  • Fig - 344   kcal/100g
  • Garlic - 143   kcal/100g
  • Fresh basil - 27   kcal/100g
  • Dried basil - 251   kcal/100g
  • Tomato paste - 28   kcal/100g
  • Lettuce - 14   kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0   kcal/100g
  • Water - 0   kcal/100g

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