Mom's Yellow Rice

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Wendy Lasco

ingredients

• RICE
• 2 cloves garlic, crushed
• 1/2 cup yellow onion, chopped fine
• 1T oil
• 1T ground cumin
• 1T ground coriander
• 3T curry powder, Malaysian curry powder is best
• 3 cups basmati rice and 4 3/4 cups water OR
• (2 cups basmati rice and follow directions on box for exact amount of water, adjust amounts of spices and toppings down for smaller amount of rice)
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1 lb pork sausage, cooked, drained and broken into small pieces

Toppings

• 1 green bell pepper, chopped
• 1 red bell pepper, chopped
• 1 bunch green onion, chopped
• 1 bunch cilantro, chopped
• 1 cucumber, peeled and chopped
• 1 bunch radishes, sliced
• 1 20 oz. can pineapple tidbits
• 2 eggs, scrambled, cooked and chopped into small pieces
• 1 12 oz can cocktail peanuts
• 1 lb salad shrimp, precooked and drained (optional)

Rice instructions

• Saute garlic and yellow onion in oil on medium heat until onion is clear. Stir in cumin, coriander and curry powder to warm the spices and open their flavors.
• Put rice and water in a 4 qt. pan. Stir spice and onion mixture into rice. Bring to a boil, stir, cover and turn down to medium low and cook for about 15 more minutes. Mixture can also be cooked in a rice cooker but I think it turns out better cooked in a pot on the stove.
• Scoop hot rice mixture into a large bowl. Mix in cooked pork sausage.
• Layer toppings decoratively on top of hot rice. Serve with peanut sauce.

Peanut Sauce

• 3 cloves garlic
• 1 inch grated fresh ginger
• 1/2 cup chopped yellow onion
• 1T oil
• 2T ground coriander
• 1 cup chunky peanut butter
• juice of 1 lemon
• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 1/4 cup brown sugar, or a little more according to your taste preference
• 1/2 teaspoon sambal oelek chili paste
• 1 cup water

directions

Source: Wendy Lasco