Singaporean Rice
Hello everyone! To be honest with everything that’s going on around the globe it’s really overwhelming to get up and do anything !! Reading or hearing about the negative impacts of our humanly actions on this beautiful planet is literally draining out all the energy from within us ! Everybody has a different method to cope with this environment, Mine is COOKING !! which I am sure many of you can relate to !
I had wanted to make singaporean rice for a long time so I gave it a go and it turned out reallllyyy good.
It’s made by layering rice, spaghetti noodles, gravy, drizzled with sauce and finally topped with aromatic tempered garlic butter ! Oh the combination of flavors it has !! Everyone in my family were bowled over.
The burst of flavors this dish has is just unreal! You got to try it it to experience it !!
All the recipes I looked were made with chicken. I ran out of chicken so used fish fillet .You can use whatever you like.
So without further ado, let’s get started with the recipe
First layer :
Cook 2 cups of rice with a little bit of salt and keep aside.
Second layer :
Spaghetti noodles:
Boil water in a vessel
Add spaghetti and enough salt
Add some olive oil
When the spaghetti is done, drain it out .
Drizzle some oil and keep it aside .
Third layer
Fish gravy
500gm fish fillet
Red chili powder 2 tsp
Coriander powder 1 tsp
Onion powder 1 tbsp
Soya sauce 1 1/2 tsp
Vinegar 1 tsp
Corn flour 4- 5 tbsp
Egg 1
Method
Cut the fish fillet into small pieces.
Marinate the fish pieces with all the spices except corn flour.
Coat the pieces with corn flour and deep fry them .
Take them out in a plate and keep it aside .
Gravy :
3 small carrots julienned.
2 capsicum julienned.
Onions 2 medium sized.
Soya sauce 1 tbsp
Red chili flakes 1 tbsp
Ketchup 2 tbsp
Lemon juice 1 tbsp
1 heaped tsp cornflour
Ginger garlic paste 1 tbsp
Salt
Pepper
Method
In a pan add some oil.
Add onions and fry them till transparent.
Add ginger garlic paste , sauté for 2 minutes.
Add carrots and capsicum.
Fry them.
Add all the spices.
Cover and cook on low flame for 10 minutes.
Add water.
Adjust salt and pepper.
Add the fish pieces into the gravy and cook for 2 minutes.
Mix corn flour with little water and add it to the gravy . Add a little water if it’s too thick .
Sauce:
Mix 2tbsp of mayonnaise with 3 tbsp of ketchup .
Layering
Start layering in a dish .
Start with a layer of rice.
Then add a layer of spaghetti.
Next, add a layer of fish gravy.
Drizzle the sauce on top.
Prepare the temper:
In a pan add butter.
Add crushed garlic.
Add 2-3 chopped green chilies.
Fry it till its aromatic and add it on top of the layered dish.
Done !!
It might sound or look like a lengthy process but believe me it worth a try !! Very flavorful and a really great dish !!
Do try it out and let us know how it turned out !!
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