One of the most comforting smells to date is the same one that filled mum’s kitchen- starchy steam rising out of a sufuria of pishori rice. As we grew older and started helping out in the preparation of our meals, my mum always insisted on two things: Rice should never be sticky and it should always have some oil and salt. Second to ugali, rice is almost always present in the Adagala household. Besides pilau, we use rice that is already cooked to make sweet corn fried rice. It is not only delicious, but it makes a statement and it can be made in less than an hour. So anytime you have impromptu guests visiting your home, surprise them with this delectable rice dish!
The entire dish took me an hour inclusive of the preparation of the ingredients. Isn’t that fantastic?
I shared a photo of this meal a while back on facebook and because many people liked it, I thought it would be nice to share the recipe with you. This is what you will need:
- 1 finely chopped red onion
- 3 grated tomatoes
- 1 tablespoon of black pepper
- 1 tablespoon of garam masala
- 1 tablespoon of ground coriander
- 1 tablespoon of ground cumin
- 2 tablespoon of soy sauce
- One can of sweet corn
- Finely chopped coriander
- 3 cups of cooked rice
I used mushroom dark soy sauce for this rice. This one costs only 100 shillings (approx $1.20) and I believe that will not cause such a huge hole in your pocket. This just goes to prove you do not have to rob a bank, sell your kidneys or skin a unicorn in order to make something different and tasty. Soy sauce is made from fermented soy beans, water and a variety of other roasted grains. Besides adding the beautiful brown color seen in this rice, it adds a rich earthy flavor to the rice making it even more delicious.
Lets now go step by step for this dish 🙂
Put the finely chopped red onions in a sufuria with your vegetable oil and saute until they become soft. I found some red bell pepper in the fridge so i decided to chop them up and add them to the onions. You do not need to have them though, I just thought the introduction of color and flavor would be magical!
Doesn’t the red onion and the red bell pepper look amazing together?
Am I the only one who wonders why they are called red onions instead of purple onions???? Why was a color blind person allowed to name vegetables, using color? I mean, they are purple aren’t they? LOL! We need to research more on the choice of that name. Moving on……
Next add your grated tomatoes and let them stay on the heat for around three minutes and keep mixing them. If you have tomato puree, you can add it at this point.
Follow this with all the spices. You may add more salt if you feel you need more, However i did not add any more because the rice that i used was already salted.
Mix everything and let all the flavors blend. This may take around 2 minutes. There after, add the cooked rice into the sufuria. Then, add two table spoons of soy sauce to the rice. Mix the rice until it is evenly brown.
This looks delicious already. If only it was possible to make you smell this, I could have. It smelt so good, you could eat it straight form the fire at this point. Let it simmer for five minutes. Be careful not to let it stick at the bottom and also ensure the grains remain singular.
The next step involves adding the sweet corn into the rice. I always rinse the corn before it into the rise so as to get rid of all the preservatives used while canning the corn.
After the rinsing is done, add the corn into the rice and mix.
Let is stay on the heat for about 5 minutes, then serve.
Add the chopped coriander while the rice is in the serving bowl so that it retains it vibrant green color long after you completed cooking.
If you do not need to put the rice in a serving bowl, store the rice in a seal-able plastic container your tummy.
Whether you are in campus, a bachelor who is allergic to the kitchen or a working mum with the busiest schedule, this beautiful tasty meal will definitely spice up your week :-).
Try this and let me know how it goes.
Love and Light,
Kaluhi
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Hey there! My name is Kaluhi and I love food! Through my blog, I am happy to share with you my self-taught recipes, steeped in nostalgia and the happiest of memories. I hope each recipe you try out is as addictive as the previous one and is shared on a table full of love and hearty laughs!
this looks amazing!
welcome to there blog-sphere 🙂
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It tastes amazing too!
Following in your footsteps :-). We Rise And Rise!!!!
wow..easy and looks good! Thanks D
Anytime! 🙂
Wow!this looks amazing.almost the easiest recipe ever.great work
Easier than blinking I can guarantee!! 😉
Definitely doing this!! I always egg fry my left-over rice, don’t know why sweet corn has never been a plan!! I still cannot get over how polished your posts are, really good job!! 🙂
I will try egg frying my left over rice, never tried that! Guess we are learning from each other 🙂
Thankyou for the compliment, it means the world that you like it!
Now this my dear is excellent! Thanks for sharing…. Life saver to many Mums.. Not only looks delicious, it is delicious. Keep it up… Plus mmm that red-purple onion discussion.. Food for thought and research. Good day.
Thankyou. I do hope your family enjoys this.
skin a unicorn.. XD 😀
nice work!!!
LOL! Facts only!
Asante!
Looks great
Tastes even better!!! I hope you give it a try 🙂
Hi there! Do you use Twitter? I’d like to follow you if that would be ok.
I’m absolutely enjoying your blog and look forward to new updates.
Hey,
I am on twitter too @kaluhiskitchen. Hope we connect there 🙂
WOW just what I was searching for. Came here by searching
for Fried Rice
Hi ..hw do you cook the rice to remain singular ?
Maintain this ratio: water to rice – 2:1 i.e For every single cup of rice, boil it in two cups of hot water. Then, always use the same cup. If you measure your rice with cup A, use cup A to measure the water too. Then, add around 2 tablespoons of veg oil to your rice. As your rice is boiling put it on high heat, but after the water has significantly reduced, reduce the heat to low until it is done.
Do you wait for your water to boil first then put ur rice or you put them together ….nd which rice is best for the fried rice.
Put the rice in boiling water. Then, I like basmati since its grains are long. But pishori can work too.
Thankyou.
Anytime 🙂
Hi! Kaluhi
Is the downloadable recipe available for this one?
There’s a bug. Lemme fix it and it will be available soon