ALL-IN-ONE MEALS FOR THE BUSY

 

 

OKRA PILAF

Preparation Time:  15 mins

Cooking Time:  35 mins

Serves: 2 – 4

 

Ingredients:

200 gm of chicken, diced

200 gm okra or lady’s fingers cut into 1 cm slices

1 medium onion, chopped

Half a green pepper, chopped

2 cups of tomatoes, peeled and quartered

1 cup/140 gm polished or brown rice

salt and freshly ground pepper to taste

1 tbsp of ghee or butter

1 ½ cups of chicken broth or water

 

Method:

  1. Heat oil in a large frying pan and fry chicken until slightly browned for about three minutes.
  2. Add okra, onion and pepper and sauté for about five minutes.
  3. Add tomatoes, rice, salt, pepper and broth or water and mix well with a fork.  Bring to a boil, then cover and reduce heat.  Simmer for 25 minutes, or until rice has absorbed the liquid.
  4. Serve

 

 

TIPS:

 

After Step No. 2,  everything can be transferred into a rice cooker and leave it to cook without having to check on the heat.