QUICK MILLET CURRY PILAF - BRZI PILAV OD PROSA S CURRYJEM

Place of Origin: Our recipe 

I made this for the first time when I had nothing for next day's lunch at the office. In the fridge I found only one carrot, 1/2 zucchini and few onions while in the freezer only peas were left. I was also too tired for anything complicated (as it was almost midnight when I remembered I should make myself something for lunch)... so I put it all together and got wonderful pilaf that can be served either as a main dish for a light meal or as a side dish with any meat (roasted, cooked, grilled....). This dish can also be made with bulgur wheat, rice or couscous.

INGREDIENTS (serves 2)

2 tbsp oil (vegetable, sunflower, peanut, coconut)

1 onion

150-200 g millet (you can substitute with bulgur wheat or rice) depending how hungry you are

1 large carrot

1 zucchini

100 g frozen peas

1 tsp curry (or more to your taste)

1. to make this quick, you will grate all vegetables: grate onions, carrot and zucchini
2. in a pot, heat the oil and saute onion till transparent
3. add curry, stir well
4. add millet (or bulgur wheat or rice), stir
5. add all other vegetables
6. add water, adjust the amount according to the instructions on millet (rice, bulgur) package – just add app 50-100 ml water more cause the vegetables will absorb some of the water too
7. cover and simmer over low heat according to cooking instructions on the package (the millet will take app 5-10 minutes + 10 minutes rest, bulgur might take app 20 minutes + 10 minutes rest and the rice – well, different types of rice call for different cooking time – see the package for instructions and cook for 5 minutes less, turn off the heat and let the rice absorb the remaining liquid)

HINT: you can also make the pilaf with couscous – if doing so, first saute the onion, then add curry and vegetables, pour over 400 ml of water for 200 g of couscous and let it boil. Add couscous, stir, cover and let it rest for 10 minutes. Break with fork and serve.

BRZI PILAV OD PROSA S CURRYJEM

SASTOJCI (za 2 osobe)

2 žlice ulja (biljno, suncokret, kikiriki ili kokos)

1 luk

150-200 g prosa (možete koristiti i bulgur pšenicu ili rižu) ovisno koliko ste gladni :-)

1 velika mrkva

1 manja/srednja tikvica

100 g smrznutog graška

1 žličica curryja (ili prema ukusu)

1. kako bi bili što prije gotovi, naribajte svo povrće: luk, mrkvu i tikvicu
2. ugrijte ulje u loncu i prodinstajte luk dok ne postane staklast
3. dodajte curry, dobro promiješajte
4. dodajte proso (ili bulgur ili rižu), promiješajte
5. dodajte preostalo povrće
6. dodajte vodu, prilagodite količinu sukladno uputstvima na pakiranju, no dodajte oko 50-100 ml vode više jer će i povrće "popiti" određenu količinu
7. pokrijte i kuhajte na laganoj vatri prema upustvima na pakiranju (prosu će trebati oko 5-10 minuta + 10 minuta stajanja, bulguru treba oko 20 minuta + 10 minuta stajanja, a vrijeme kuhanja riže ovisi o vrsti riže - pogledajte što piše na pakiranju i kuhajte 5 minuta kraće, ugasite vatru i ostavite poklopljeno (bez dizanja poklopca!) da riža upije preostalu tekućinu)

NAPOMENA: možete napraviti pilav i s kuskusom - u tom slučaju prvo prodinstajte luk, dodajte curry te povrće, prelijte s 400 ml vode za 200 g kuskusa i pustite da zakipi. Dodajte kuskus, promiješajte, pokrijte i ostavite stajati 10ak minuta. Razbijte vilicom i poslužite.

Recipe by Linda