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How to Make the Tastiest Rice with Shrimp

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How to Make the Tastiest Rice with Shrimp

Rice with shrimp in a detailed homemade recipe... very practical and delicious. The blend of delicate, well-balanced spices gives the rice an aroma and flavor that are simply unbeatable.

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Rice and grainsInternationalPescatarianDairy freeGluten freeNut freeEgg freeHardBakedEidFishShrimpRice

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Rice with shrimp ... a very practical, easy, and delicious recipe

Ingredients

  • Chopped onion
  • Minced garlic
  • Peeled, chopped tomatoes
  • Grated carrot
  • Cleaned and washed shrimp
  • Fish seasoning
  • Curry
  • Mixed spice
  • Black pepper
  • Ground cinnamon
  • Salt
  • Bay leaves
  • Cardamom pods
  • Cinnamon sticks
  • Rice, washed and soaked in hot water with a pinch of salt for 30 minutes
  • Also from Rana's tasty recipes, here is Baked Potatoes with Cheese
  • Here is also how to make Breaded Fried Shrimp

Method

  1. Place the cleaned, drained shrimp in a pot with boiling water... leave them on the heat for a quarter of an hour, then drain and rinse them
  2. Sauté the chopped onion and garlic in a little vegetable oil until soft, then add the chopped tomato and grated carrot and stir until the vegetables soften
  3. Add the shrimp, sprinkle the spices, and stir a little until they are cooked
  4. Add boiling water over them according to the amount of rice (each cup of rice requires 1½ cups of water)
  5. After boiling, add the rice and leave them on high heat until the water reaches the level of the rice
  6. Reduce the heat and place a cotton cloth designated for making rice under the lid, then cover them
  7. Steam them — that is, leave them on very low heat for a third of an hour (20 minutes) or according to the rice quantity
    Timers: 20 min
  8. Serve the rice with shrimp immediately...
  9. Rana Atwi
  10. Also from Rana's tasty recipes, here is: Potatoes with baked cheese
  11. Here is also how to make breaded shrimp (shrimp pané)

Notes and serving ideas

  • Baked Potatoes with Cheese
  • Breaded Fried Shrimp
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