Name: Red Rice (Timman Ahmar)
Yield: Makes 4 servings
Cuisine: Iraqi
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon oil; 2 rounded tablespoons tomato paste diluted in 3½ cups (860 ml) water; or 1½ cups (375 ml) tomato sauce diluted in 2 cups (475 ml) hot water; or 3½ cups (860 ml) tomato juice; 1½ teaspoons salt; 2 cups (16 oz/450 g) rice, soaked in cold water for 30 minutes, then drained

Preparation info

Makes
4
servings

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Delights from the Garden of Eden

By Nawal Nasrallah

Published 2019

About

Tomato gives this rice dish an attractive red-orange hue.

Ingredients

2 cups (16 oz/450 g) rice, soaked in cold water for 30 minutes, then drained
2

Method

About 5 minutes before the soaked rice is ready to cook, prepare the tomato liquid. Put diluted tomato paste, sauce, or tomato juice in the pot you are going to use for cooking the rice. Let it boil gently for about 5 minutes.
Add rice, salt, and oil to the pot. Allow to boil for about 5 minutes on high heat, or until most of the liquid evaporates. Then reduce he