Monday 1 August 2011

Baked Egg And Rice Preparation Method

BAKED EGG AND RICE

Rice tossed with mushrooms and spinach and then topped with eggs and parmesan cheese and baked
Preparation Time :20-30 minutes
Cooking Time :10-15 minutes
Servings :4

Ingredients For Baked Egg And Rice :

Eggs     4
Cooked rice     2 cups
Butter     2 tablespoons
Olive oil     1 tablespoon
Garlic, chopped     4-5 cloves
Onion , chopped     1 medium
Button mushrooms, sliced     8-10
Spinach, roughly chopped     1 bunch
Salt     to taste
Black pepper powder     to taste
Fresh cream     1/2 cup
Parmesan cheese, grated     1/4 cup

Method For Baked Egg And Rice

Preheat oven to 180°C. Heat a pan, add butter and oil. When butter melts add garlic and onion and sauté for two minutes. Add mushrooms and let them sweat. Add spinach, salt and pepper powder and stir. Add rice and mix well. Add cream and mix and transfer the mixture into a baking dish. Sprinkle half the parmesan cheese. Break the eggs one by one over the rice and let them settle at little distance from each other. Sprinkle the remaining cheese. Put the dish in the microwave at 60% and cook for five minutes or till the eggs set. Serve hot.

Recipe Tip

Chef’s tip: for vegetarians instead of eggs add soaked soya granules to the rice.