Lent pilaf in a slow cooker is prepared much faster than a similar dish with meat. Moreover, this dinner is great for vegetarians and those who hold Lent.
We make pilaf lean in the Redmond multicooker
To make lean pilaf, you must purchase the following products:
- fresh mushrooms or oyster mushrooms - about 250 g;
- long rice (you can take steamed) - 1.5 cups;
- boiled water - 2.5 glasses;
- odorless deodorized oil - 45 ml;
- bitter onion - two pieces;
- garlic - a large head;
- carrots - one piece;
- pepper, salt, barberry and other spices - at the discretion;
- tomato paste - two dessert spoons.
Product Preparation
Lent pilaf in a slow cooker should be prepared by washing long-grain rice. To do this, put it in a sieve and rinse thoroughly in cool water, thoroughly shaking hands.
It is also required to wash the mushrooms or oyster mushrooms, peel them from unnecessary elements and chop on a straw. As for vegetables, they are recommended to peel and cut into small cubes.
Fry the ingredients
Before you cook lean pilaf in a slow cooker, some of the ingredients should be thoroughly fried. To do this, pour deodorized oil without aroma into the bowl of the device, as well as add onions, mushrooms and carrots. After mixing all the components, they should be seasoned with salt and pepper, and then fry in baking mode. Cooking is recommended until they turn a golden color. For this, you may need 20-25 minutes. In conclusion, they need to add tomato paste.
Cooking pilaf
To make pilaf lean (in a slow cooker) turned out to be friable, it should be cooked using steamed rice. Groats must be laid out in a bowl immediately after frying mushrooms and vegetables. Also, the ingredients should be additionally seasoned with spices and pour boiled water to them . For taste and aroma, it is recommended to stick a head of garlic (in the husk) in the center of the dish.
In this composition, the products must be cooked in pilaf mode for 35-40 minutes. During this time, rice groats should become soft and crumbly.
Serve for a family dinner
Now you know how to cook lean pilaf in a slow cooker. After the program completes its work, the dish should be thoroughly mixed with a large spoon (until crumbly) and left to heat (for 3-5 minutes). Next, lean mushroom pilaf should be laid out on plates and served with fresh herbs, vegetables or salad.
Cooking sweet pilaf fasting in a pan-cooker "Panasonic" or "Polaris"
Making sweet homemade pilaf does not take much time. To make such a dish really delicious, you must follow the special requirements of the recipe. Which ones, we will tell a little further.
So, to make a sweet pilaf lean in the Multicooker "Polaris" or "Panasonic", you need to prepare:
- long rice - 1.5 cups;
- boiled water - about three glasses;
- raisins black, white and brown - a total of ½ cup;
- honey - three small spoons;
- other dried fruits (e.g. dried apricots, cornel, prunes) - a total of ½ cup;
- oil without aroma deodorized - three large spoons;
- salt - a few pinch.
Rice and syrup preparation
Sweet lean pilaf in a multicooker is very popular with children and those who monitor their health. With proper preparation, such a dish favorably affects the state of the gastrointestinal tract, improving intestinal motility.
Before proceeding with the heat treatment of this dinner, it is necessary to sort out the long rice, and then rinse it thoroughly in cool water (several times). In addition, syrup should be prepared, which will subsequently be filled with the dish. To do this, boil ordinary water, add honey to it and mix well.
We process dried fruits
For the preparation of sweet pilaf, you can use absolutely any dried fruit. They should be sorted, washed and scalded with boiling water. If you use products such as prunes, dogwood and dried apricots, then they need to be cut into smaller pieces.
Cooking sweet pilaf
Having prepared the ingredients, put the previously soaked dried fruits into the multicooker bowl, add deodorized oil to them and cook in the baking mode for 5-9 minutes. During this time, the ingredients will not fry, but only "reveal" their aroma.
After the described actions, it is necessary to lay out long rice and table salt to dried fruits . In the future, the ingredients should be poured with water and honey. In this case, the syrup should cover them by 1 centimeter.
At the end of the dish you need to tightly close and set the pilaf program. In this mode, a sweet lunch must be cooked for 35 minutes. During this time, the cereal is fully prepared, having absorbed all the liquid.
Serving lunch to a lean family table
As you can see, it’s quite possible to cook pilaf without meat and poultry. To do this, you just need to stock up on a sufficient number of mushrooms or dried fruits.
After the sweet dish is cooked, it must be thoroughly mixed and sorted into plates. It is advisable to consume this lunch with tea or another unsweetened drink.
Useful tips for housewives
In addition to mushrooms and dried fruits, nuts and fruits are often put in lean pilaf. So, a delicious dish is obtained with apples, cashews, peanuts, avocados, almonds and more.