Boiled rice with steamed and fried vegetables and nuts
Not a very creative name but it tastes amazing. This dish was inspired by a rice-maker with a steamer on top. Here's how I make it.
Put 4 parts of rice for every 5 parts water into the rice-maker and turn it on. Slice the brussels sprouts in half and place them into the steamer. Cut out the stem of the chard then cut it into pieces and add it to the steamer. Place the steamer atop the rice-cooker so that the steam from the boiling rice will cook the sprouts and chard.
While the rice is cooking, throw some chilli flakes into a deep pan (or wok) along with some olive oil and heat on low. Slice and chop the leeks and bok-choy before throwing them into the pan. Grind some fenugreek in a coffee grinder, along with some black pepper and cumin. Toss that into the pan. Turn up the heat and pull the leaves of the parsley. Also grate a few garlic cloves and add to the pan. When the leeks and bok-chow are almost done cooking, toss in some crushed walnuts. You can add some pine-nuts or pistas as well. Wait a bit and then turn off the heat before tossing the parsley into the pan.
Mix the contents of all cooking vessels before eating. Here's a list of the ingredients:
- rice
- brussels sprouts
- swiss chard
- leeks
- bok-choy
- fenugreek
- garlic
- parsley
- cumin
- peppercorns
- walnuts
- pine-nuts or pistachios
