SEC-S20W4 | 2nd Half: Rice

It's a pleasure to attend week 4 gastronomy class which I find very interesting learning about RICE; its various types and how to calculate the amount to serve in a main dish.

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Did You Know the Types of Rice Mentioned in Class?

Yes, I am very familiar with the types of rice mentioned in this course especially the long grain rice; basmati, brown, white and jasmine rice. The short grain rice is usually stressful for me when cooking so I tend to be more selective when I'm purchase rice.

For the purpose of this homework, I was able to prepare fried rice with beef and vegetables. Below are the ingredients used;

Mise en place

• Rice
• Beef
• Carrot
• Green peas
• Onions
• Green beans
• Ginger
• Fresh pepper ( green and red)
• Curry
• Thyme
• Maggi
• Kitchen glory
• Salt
• Vegetable oil

Preparation Procedures

Part 1: Preparation of Ingredients

Step 1: wash, spice and steam meat with the following ingredients; onions, fresh pepper, curry, thyme, maggi and salt.

steaming process

Step 2: heat up fry pan, add vegetable oil and fry the meat ( the beef liver were slice into cubes).

Frying beef

Step 3: after frying the meat, I proceeded to parboil the rice using moist heat method.

Parboiling rice	Parboiled rice

I parboiled, washed and drained the water out. I also washed and cut all the vegetables to my desired sizes and shapes.

Part 2: Cooking Proper

Step 1: heat up the pot, add vegetable oil and onions.

Hot vegetable oil	Adding onions

Step 2: Add curry, thyme, kitchen glory, maggi and continue frying.

Curry	Maggi

Step 3: add green beans, green pepper and carrot. Please note that I fried all my veggies on low heat to prevent it from burning or being overcooked.

Adding green pepper	Adding carrot

Step 4: allow it heat for 1 minute before adding salt and green peas.

Salt	Green peas

Step 5: stir properly then add the parboiled white rice to it.

Fried veggies	Adding rice

Step 6: pour seasoned beef stock to the rice, stir and allow it boil then add fried beef liver. Cover the pot for the water to dry up.

Adding beef stock	Adding fried beef liver

My fried rice was ready and well served for just 1 person's portion.

Main dish: Fried rice and beef garnished with carrot and fried plantain

Which Starter and Which Dessert would go with the Main Dish You Just Prepared?

Being that my main dish is fried rice, salad will go well as starter while banana and watermelon mixed smoothie can be served as dessert.

Learning about pasta and rice in this class has expand my knowledge about the ingredients, its types, the preparation methods and what the raw ingredients are made of. Learning about pasta last week was a beautiful experience; I was able to produce pasta from scratch. It was more fulfilling when I produced macaroni all by myself with ease following the recipe that was given by the teachers. All thanks to gastronomy team for this amazing opportunity.

A selfie with my dish

I will like to invite @josepha, @lovinah and @mvchain to join the class.