Mushroom Rice

Mushroom Rice

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Crafting this mushroom rice is a straightforward process resulting in a palate-pleasing dish. It entails sautéed button mushrooms, a medley of spices, and fragrant herbs blended harmoniously with cooked rice.
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Course Breakfast
Cuisine world cuisine
Servings 3
Calories 255 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups cooked rice or ⅔ cup uncooked rice – preferably basmati rice or any long grained rice
  • 400 grams white button mushrooms – cleaned and chopped or 4 cups chopped white button mushrooms
  • 2 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon roasted crushed sesame seeds
  • ½ teaspoon thyme
  • ½ teaspoon oregano
  • 3 to 4 spring onions or scallions – chopped (reserve the greens for garnishing) – about ½ cup
  • 1 teaspoon garlic , finely chopped – optional
  • ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper or white pepper
  • salt as required

Instructions
 

  • Before you begin the recipe, cook about ⅔ cup of rice until tender and softened. Cool the rice grains completely.
  • You can cook or steam the rice in a stovetop pressure cooker, pan or Instant pot adding water as needed.
  • In a pan heat olive oil. You can also use any neutral flavored oil.
  • Add the chopped garlic and saute for some seconds. No need to brown the garlic.
  • Then add chopped scallions (spring onion whites). Begin to saute the spring onions stirring often.
  • Saute till the spring onions become translucent and have softened. Now add chopped mushrooms. Initially the mushrooms will leave water.
  • Saute them until all the water evoapartes from the pan and the mushrooms are completely cooked.
  • Add ground black or white pepper, crushed white sesame seeds, thyme and oregano to the mushrooms. Mix well.
  • Now add the cooked rice and salt as required. The rice has to be completely cooled before you add it at this step.
  • Mix and saute the rice with the mushrooms for a couple of minutes.
  • Garnish with the scallions greens or cilantro.
  • Serve mushroom rice hot or warm with a salad or you could just drizzle some extra virgin olive oil to the rice and enjoy the bowl of mushroom rice.

Nutrition

Calories: 255kcalCarbohydrates: 34gProtein: 7gFat: 10gSaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 783mgPotassium: 460mgFiber: 1gSugar: 2gVitamin C: 3.6mgCalcium: 26mgIron: 1.1mg
Keyword Mushroom Rice
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