Thursday, December 2, 2010

Zucchini with Rice (Pirincli Kabak)

4 zucchinis, cubed
¼ cup olive oil
1 onion, chopped
1 cup tomatoes, crushed/diced
2 cloves of garlic, sliced
½ cup rice, washed and drained
1 carrot, chopped (optional)
1 cup hot water
½ tsp dried basil
1 tsp salt to taste
A pinch of black pepper

Saute onions in olive oil and then, stir in carrots and garlic. Saute for about 2 minutes over medium heat. Add zucchinis and tomatoes. Cook for a couple of minutes and then, add hot water. Once it boils stir in rice and salt. Close the lid and cook over low heat until rice is cooked (for about 20-25 minutes). Turn the heat off and add basil and black pepper.
Serve either cold or hot, with yogurt.
ENJOY

* This is a vegetarian recipe.

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TURKCE
4 tane kabak, kup seklide dogranmis
½ cay bardagi zeytinyagi
1 tane sogan, dogranmis
1 su bardagi domates, ezilmis/doranmis
2 dis sarimsak, ince dogranmis
1 cay bardagi pirinc
1 havuc (istege bagli), yuvarlak dogranmis
1 su bardagi sicak su
1 cay kasigi kuru feslegen
1 tatli kasigi tuz
Bir tutam karabiber

Sogani zeytinyaginda pembelesene dek soteleyin. Havuc ve sarimsagi da ilave edip yaklasik 2 dakika kadar cevirin. Dogranmis kabaklari ve domatesi ilave edin. Orta ateste bir kac dakika pisirin ve sicak suyu ilave edin. Su kaynayinca pirinc ve tuzu ekleyin. Karistirip kapagini kapatin ve kisik ateste pirincler pisene dek 20-25 dakika kadar pisirin. Pistikten sonra feslegen ve karabiber ilave edin.
Ister sicak ister soguk ve yaninda yogurt ile servis yapabilirsiniz.
AFIYET OLSUN

*Bu bir vejeteryan tarifidir.

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