Brown rice pilaf with vegetables and tomato serving
Brown rice pilaf with vegetables – the dish is not only fabulous tasty, but also healthy. You just need to learn how to cook delicious brown rice in a slow cooker. Healthy Eating Starts with Brown Rice in the diet – so say nutritionists. Large plates tomatoes – a variant of a festive dish.
Brown rice pilaf with vegetables and served in a bowl of tomato
If you think brown rice is hard, you just can’t cook it. Prepare cereals using this method and you will get a complete set of B vitamins, potassium, sodium, iron compounds in the form in which trace elements are better absorbed the body. Such pilaf from healthy brown rice with juicy vegetables and original serving in plates of tomatoes can position as both dietary and vegetarian, and how holiday dish.
To cook pilaf from healthy brown rice in a slow cooker you will need:
- Brown rice (count in glasses from the multicooker 160ml) – 3 pcs.
- Onion (not evil) – 1 pc.
- Carrot (medium size) – 1 pc.
- Pumpkin (without skin) – 150g.
- Celery (greens) – 50g.
- Bell pepper (juicy!) – 1 pc.
- Champignon mushrooms or shiitake (optional) – 100g.
- Tomatoes (large and dense) – for portioned serving the number of eaters.
- Seasonings: cumin, paprika, red and black peppers, barberry (dried berries).
You can buy special mixes for pilaf. In their composition comes with many spices that add color and flavor.
You can cook pilaf from delicious brown rice in a slow cooker So:
Soak brown rice (preferably overnight) in cold water.
Gently core the tomatoes, but leave a little pulp at the edges from the inside.
Cut the pumpkin and carrots into small pieces. Add chopped champignons, bell pepper (without skin), bow.
Fry vegetables in vegetable oil until beautiful golden color and add the flesh of 2-3 tomatoes. The mixture can be fried as separately and in a slow cooker. Pour in 300 ml of water (this is 2 multi-glass). Salt, add cumin and other spices. Bring to a boil.
In the bowl of the multicooker, the vegetable mixture should be at the bottom. Rinse brown rice, dip it on top in a mixture of water and vegetables. Add more water. Determine the amount of fluid yourself, because it all depends on the quantity and juiciness of vegetables. Salt on top (about 1 tsp).
Turn on the “Pilaf” mode and, further, according to the instructions for your gadget.
Add finely chopped celery to the finished pilaf and lay out aromatic mass in “tomato plates”.
Tasty ideas
In such original tomato cups you can serve pilaf from bulgur. This dish is also useful for its unique a complex of vitamins. Tasty cereals have long been used in the diet adherents of a healthy diet.