PIQUANT RICE, Vegan & triple duty, almost-instant, healthy, kids' option

When everyone is sick of potatoes or pasta, bring out the rice!

Piquant Rice, studded with peas, ginger, garlic, spring onions & oriental  sauce

This wonderful piquant rice dish is guaranteed to lift the spirits after a few days of excesses.

Fresh ginger, garlic and spring onions add heat and flavour, cutting through any thoughts of 'boring' rice.  Here the dressing is poured onto the hot rice in the pan to enhance flavour but the dish can also be served cold.  

Piquant Rice is wonderfully sassy but may be a bit much for children.  If this dish is for family, 67 recommends decanting some of the rice and peas and serving it undressed for the children.   

67 would usually go for brown rice but at holiday time, speed and ease of preparation mean easy-cook white rice may be the way to go.  Anyway, it's good to have white rice occasionally and the oyster sauce complements the polished grains beautifully.   

Cost: £1.25
Feeds: 6-8

Ingred: 
   1 cup uncooked white rice, rinsed until water runs clear (67 used Waitrose Jasmine)
   2 cups good stock (pref) or water 
   2/3 cup frozen peas

 Dressing: 3 tbsp grated ginger
                1 large clove garlic, finely grated
                6 tbsp finely sliced spring onions, white & green
                3 tbsp peanut or other veg oil

 Garnish: reduced salt soy sauce, oyster sauce or hoisin sauce
              thinly sliced fresh chilli or chilli flakes (opt)

Method:

1. Cook rice according to instructions, pref in stock; 5 mins before end of cooking, scatter frozen peas over the top of the rice; re-cover & carry on cooking
2. Meanwhile, prepare dressing and set aside
3. When rice is cooked, use a fork to separate the grains and mix the peas and rice together
4. Pour on dressing, and mix thoroughly
5. Pile onto a platter
6. Garnish with sauce
7. Serve hot or allow to cool
8. Serve as one of several side dishes OR stir in cooked meat or fish, or tofu marinaded in a 1-1 mix of sherry & soy sauce with a little ginger & garlic

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This recipe has been developed by B M Lee/ Bright Sun Enterprises.  It may not be reproduced without the author's written permission.