Recipe#11796

Title: Bhratti

From: paradise@math.tau.ac.il 
 Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes 
 Subject: Bhratti 
 Date: 19 Nov 1997 10:28:21 -0700 
 Message-ID: <64v7jl$m8q$1@mack.rt66.com> 

2 cups Basmati rice 
 2 medium onions
 1/s cup chopped fresh basil leaves 
 1 tbsp curry powder (mild or hot, according to preference)
 1 tsp salt
 4 tbsp good grade cooking oil
 500 grams (just over 1 lb) ground chicken or lean pork
  
 Chop onions and fry in 2 tbsp oil until just starting to brown.
 Add meat and curry powder, stir until brown.  Scoop out onions and
 meat, leaving oil in pan.  Add dry rice and stir until transparent.
 Add 4 cups water and salt, bring to boil, cover and cook over LOW
 flame for 15 mins or until all water is absorbed.  Add meat, onions,
 finely chopped basil and the rest of the oil, stir and cook for
 another 3 mins.
 Put everything in shallow glass dish, cover with paper towel and
 microwave on full power for another 10 to 15 mins.