This is adapted from a recipe by Karen Martini . It can be served as a complete meal or as a side. As a side it would serve 6 to 8 . It is similar to a risotto but while the rice and spice are cooked in the TMX bowl, it is finished off in a dish in the Varoma.
It is a very handy dish to serve to visitors as the finished dish can be taken to the table in the dish it is cooked in.
Need
250g Basmati rice
1 teaspoon Cumin seeds
2 teaspoons curry powder
3 eggs
60g melted butter
salt flakes and black pepper
3/4 cup of froxen peas
Juice of 1/2 lemon
4 to 6 spring onions , finely sliced
Crispy fried shallots
1 handful of coriander leaves.
Plain Yoghurt
Do
Weigh rice into TMX bowl
Add curry powder and cumin seeds
Set dial at 5 minutes, heat 90, speed 1 , reverse., 9entle ( this will roast the rice and spices)
Add 650 mls of boiling water to jug.
Cook for 7mins, 100, degrees, speed gentle. reverse.
Stand in bowl until most of the water is absorbed and the rice is cooked. ( about 20 mins)
During this time, set up the Varoma with 2 bamboo skewers under a heat proof dish.
Beat the eggs in a bowl, melt butter, measure out the Peas.
When the rice is cooked, tip into dish and pour the egg and butter over the rice. (don't stir)
Add peas and cover dish with paper towel. Set Varoma lid in place .
Rinse out bowl and add 1 liter of boiling water to bowl.
Set TMX, 10 mins, speed 3, temp varoma.
Check to see egg is cooked, sprinkle with lemon juice, top with sliced spring onion , fried shallots and coriander leaves.
Serve with yoghurt.
