Singaporean Rice
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Recipe type: Main dish
Cuisine: Pakistan
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Serves: 18
 
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Ingredients
  • For Marinating Chicken
  • Chicken Boneless------------- 1 kg, one inch cubes
  • Garlic paste-------------------- 1 tsp
  • Ginger paste------------------- 1 tsp
  • Salt------------------------------- 1½ tsp
  • Crushed red chillies----------- 1 tsp
  • Crushed black pepper-------- 1 tsp
  • Chili Sauce---------------------- 2 tbsp
  • Soya sauce--------------------- 2 tbsp
  • Tomato ketchup--------------- 4 tbsp
  • For Cooking Chicken
  • Oil--------------------------------- ¼ cup
  • Julian ginger-------------------- 1 inch piece
  • Corn flour----------------------- 1 tbsp or as needed
  • Water---------------------------- 3 tbsp to make corn flour solution
  • Veggies
  • Spaghetti------------------------ 1 pack boiled
  • Carrots--------------------------- 2 large, ½ inch cubed
  • Capsicum------------------------ 2 large, ½ inch cubed
  • Tomatoes------------------------ 2large, ½ inch cubed, de-seeded
  • Onion----------------------------- 2 large, ½ inch cubed
  • Cabbage------------------------- 2 cup, ½ inch cubed
  • For the Rice
  • Rice------------------------------- ½ kg
  • Black cumin--------------------- 1 tsp
  • White cumin--------------------- 1 tsp
  • Star anise------------------------ 4
  • Salt-------------------------------- 1½ tbsp or as needed
  • For the sauce
  • Mayonnaise---------------------- 1 cup
  • Tomato Ketchup---------------- 8 tbsp
  • Vinegar--------------------------- 4 tbsp
  • Caster sugar--------------------- 2 tsp
  • Crushed red chillies------------ 1 tsp
  • Salt-------------------------------- 1 pinch
Instructions
  1. For the rice
  2. Soak rice in water half an hour before.
  3. Take oil in a pot, add black cumin, white cumin and star anise and give everything a good stir.
  4. Now add the rice into it and stir gently. Add salt.
  5. Add enough water to cook the rice, cover. (As a rule of thumb you to cook rice, you only add enough water that it's one inch above the rice, cover it then, till water starts to dry. Stir once gently, add salt to taste and reduce the flame to dum) Set cooked rice aside.
  6. For the Sauce
  7. Mix all the ingredients of the sauce into the mayonnaise, give everything a good mix and set aside.
  8. For the spaghetti
  9. Boiled spaghetti in boiling hot water.
  10. Once done, drain, wash with regular tap water, set aside.
  11. For the chicken
  12. Pat the chicken pieces dry and throw them into a clean and dry bowl.
  13. Now add all the seasonings into the chicken and marinate it for one hour.
  14. Now take oil in a pan and throw in thinly julian ginger saute ginger then add the marinated chicken to it. Stir to mix, and then cover it, till the chicken gets cooked- nice and tender. (If it gets too dry, add ½ cup of water, cover again).
  15. Once chicken is half done, throw in all of the veggies (carrots, capsicum, cabbage, tomato, onion).
  16. Veggies should remain crunchy yet tender.
  17. Now add the corn flour solution ( 1 tbsp of corn flour into 3 tbsp water) to thicken the very little sauce.
  18. Stir in the pre-boiled spaghetti.
  19. Cook on low flame for 5 more minutes, check seasonings and it's done.
  20. Final Assembly
  21. Rice
  22. Half of chicken plus spaghetti plus veggies
  23. Sauce
  24. Remaining half of chicken plus spaghetti plus veggies
Recipe by The Chef in Me at https://thechefinme.pk/singaporean-rice/