Thiéré
HB-2353 · Hand-built original · Malian
Meet Thiéré, a warm-hearted rice dish that carries the flavours of West Africa straight to your table. Built around fragrant rice, sweet onions and whatever fresh vegetables the day offers, it is nourishing, endlessly forgiving and made for sharing. This Malian favourite delivers colour, aroma and comfort in a single pot.
Main ingredient: rice
Ingredients
- 1 cup long-grain rice, rinsed
- 2 cups water or light stock
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 1 carrot, diced small
- 1 bell pepper, diced small
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tsp grated fresh ginger
- 2 tbsp oil
- 1 tsp paprika
- 1/2 tsp ground cumin
- Salt and black pepper, to taste
Method
- Heat the oil in a medium pot over medium heat. Fry the onion for 4 minutes until soft.
- Add the garlic, ginger, paprika and cumin and cook for 30 seconds. Stir in the carrot and bell pepper and cook for 3 minutes.
- Add the rinsed rice and stir for 1 minute to coat the grains in the spiced oil.
- Pour in the water or stock, season with salt and pepper, and bring to the boil.
- Cover, reduce the heat to the lowest setting, and cook for 15 minutes without lifting the lid.
- Rest off the heat, still covered, for 5 minutes, then fluff with a fork and serve.
Total: 35 min
Nutrition (per serving, where published)
Estimated from USDA FoodData Central ingredient data