Last night I was coming home late from Hannah's, so I made it the day to try a new shortcut I'd been pondering.
In the morning before leaving, I plugged my rice cooker -- it's restaurant-style, Tiger brand -- into the automatic light timer and set it to come on at 4 p.m. Then I added brown rice, enough water to cook it, the contents of a commercial package of Vegetable Biryani Spice Mix, and half a bag of frozen peas and carrots. Also a handful of frozen red bell pepper strips. And a glob of coconut oil. And then I went away.
When we got home, the house smelled wonderful. To the rice cooker I added a handful of raisins and another handful of almonds. These warmed up while I put the other things on the table. We had the vegetable biryani with plain yogurt, chopped cucumber, steamed fresh green beans, and sliced fresh pears. Pretty good!
I'm going to try some of these rice cooker entrees! They sound good and easy. Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Tabitha | 16 December 2010 at 05:37 PM
Tabitha, I got a whole cookbook full of rice cooker entrees last year, but I didn't have time to try new recipes much so I lent it to Hannah. It's out there though. The something something rice cooker cookbook....
Posted by: bearing | 17 December 2010 at 09:03 AM
I'll have to look for that. I have a 10 cup rice cooker, so plenty of room for extra ingredients, even for my big family.
Posted by: Tabitha | 17 December 2010 at 10:05 AM