Purple rice (crimson cabbage rice)

Purple rice is a garlicky, butter rice aspect that owes its vibrant color to crimson cabbage! Love this 2-in-1 that mixes starch plus loads of greens in a single dish, relatively than making a salad plus a starch individually. Goes with all the pieces – Western, Asian, Mediterranean, Indian, Mexican!

Purple rice

You recognize these nights the place you are feeling all smug since you acquired forward on the weekend and marinated some hen so you possibly can whip up a “fast dinner” through the week, solely to grasp you didn’t plan for sides to fill out the meal?

Nicely, in the present day’s recipe is simply the form of factor that can prevent. It’s a type of aspect dishes I name a two-in-one as a result of it consists of loads of greens in addition to a starch to fill out the meal. Versus making two sides, like mashed potato plus a backyard salad.

What it tastes like: Buttery and garlicky, and really gentle cabbage flavour truly which can enchantment to individuals who don’t bounce up and down on the point out of cabbage for dinner. Bonus: it’s such a enjoyable color!!!

Components in purple rice

Right here’s what it’s essential make this vibrant, veg loaded rice!

• Jasmine rice – I like utilizing jasmine rice on this dish since you get that pretty refined perfume.

  Different rice – the recipe will work with lengthy grain rice, medium grain rice and basmati rice, although you will have an additional 1/4 cup of water or vegetable inventory/broth. It is because jasmine rice requires much less liquid to prepare dinner than different sorts of rice (extra on this in my plain jasmine rice recipe!).

  The recipe is just not suited to brown rice, arborio/risotto rice, paella rice, wild rice or fake rice (cauliflower rice, quinoa and so forth) because the prepare dinner instances and strategies differ so I’d want to change the recipe.

• Pink cabbage – Additionally referred to as purple cabbage, that is what provides the rice the colourful purple hue! You should use plain ole’ inexperienced cabbage if you would like, however the place’s the enjoyable in that?? 😎

• Garlic and onion – Flavour base aromatics. You’ll adore the butter garlic flavour on this rice!

• Butter – As above, for promised buttery flavour! You’ll be stunned how buttery it tastes although we’re solely utilizing 30 grams / 2 tablespoons of butter.

• Vegetable inventory – The rice cooking liquid, tastier than water! Use low sodium inventory. If yours is full salt, skip the salt within the recipe.

• Salt and pepper – Seasoning for the rice.

• Inexperienced onion – For contemporary garnish on the finish, although I wouldn’t say it’s vital.

Tips on how to make purple rice

One large, fats rice-making rule that applies to ANY rice you prepare dinner: DO NOT STIR, DO NOT PEEK as soon as your put the lid on the pot! Until, after all, you want your rice inconsistently cooked, gluey and mushy. 🤷🏻‍♀️

1. Use a big saucepan or small pot, across the dimension of mine which is 28cm/11″. In case you use a saucepan that’s too small (~20cm/8″) then the rice-cabbage combination will likely be too deep which can trigger the rice to prepare dinner inconsistently.

   Sauté the garlic and onion within the butter till it smells wonderful / onion is translucent. Then prepare dinner the cabbage for a couple of minutes till it begins to melt (relatively than being stiff and pokey). Don’t let it get fully wilted and smooth as a result of it’ll prepare dinner extra with the rice.

2. Add rice and stir to coat within the garlic butter.

3. Add inventory then scrape down the edges and push the cabbage-rice beneath the floor of the liquid, as finest you may. The principle factor is that you really want all of the rice beneath the liquid. A number of grains poking above the floor will likely be high-quality, they are going to steam-cook.

4. Cook dinner 12 minutes – Carry the liquid to a simmer, then put the lid on and decrease the warmth to medium low, or low in case your burner may be very robust. Go away to prepare dinner undisturbed for 12 minutes. Don’t elevate the lid to peek and most undoubtedly don’t stir! That may disrupt the rice cooking and also you’ll find yourself with inconsistently cooked rice that’s mushy and gluey.

   Test – On the 12 minute mark, working shortly, take away the lid and tilt the saucepan to make sure all of the liquid has been absorbed. If it has not, go away it on the range for one more minute or two.

5. Relaxation 10 minutes – Take away the saucepan from the range with the lid nonetheless on and relaxation for 10 minutes. By no means skip the rice resting step! The rice will end cooking and the liquid on the floor of every rice grain will get absorbed = fluffy rice.

6. Fluff then serve, garnished with a sprinkle of inexperienced onion!

What to serve with purple rice

This cabbage rice is pretty impartial flavoured, with a stunning buttery, garlic flavour. Which implies it’ll go along with just about any dish, and any delicacies, each Western and Asian.

Whereas the probabilities are infinite, right here’s a place to begin for you – some fast mains that I’d serve alongside purple rice:

And naturally, it goes with out saying that your purple rice will style even higher for those who serenade it with Prince’s Purple Rain whereas it’s steaming on the range. 🎶 Go on, do it. You recognize I did!! – Nagi x

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Purple rice

Creator: Nagi

Prep: 10 minutes

Cook dinner: 15 minutes

Rice resting: 10 minutes

Aspect Dish

Western

Servings5

Faucet or hover to scale

Recipe video above. Purple rice is a garlicky, butter rice aspect that owes its vibrant color to crimson cabbage! Love this 2-in-1 that mixes starch plus loads of greens in a single dish, relatively than making a salad plus a starch individually. Goes with all the pieces – Western, Asian, Mediterranean, Indian, Mexican!

Directions

• Soften butter in a big saucepan or small pot over medium warmth. (Observe 3)

• Sauté veg – Cook dinner onion and garlic for 1 minute till smooth. Add cabbage, salt, and pepper. Cook dinner for two to three minutes, stirring infrequently, till the cabbage begins to melt however not fully floppy (as it’ll prepare dinner extra with the rice).

• Coat rice – Add rice and stir properly to coat within the flavour.

• Add the vegetable inventory. Scrape down the edges and press the cabbage-rice combination down so all of the rice is submerged.

• Cook dinner 12 minutes – Carry to a simmer, then cowl with a lid, flip the range all the way down to medium low (or low on a stronger burner) and prepare dinner for 12 minutes. Don’t peek or stir!

• Relaxation 10 minutes – Flip off the warmth, take away the saucepan from the range and let to relaxation for one more 10 minutes (with the lid on).

• Fluff & serve – Use a rubber spatula or rice paddle to fluff the rice then tumble right into a serving dish. Sprinkle with inexperienced onion and serve!

Recipe Notes:

1. Rice varieties – Recipe can even work with lengthy grain, basmati and medium grain rice BUT it’s essential improve the inventory by 1/4 cup (60ml), as a result of jasmine rice wants barely much less liquid to prepare dinner by. (See plain jasmine rice recipe for more information.)
Rinsing – Not required to forestall rice from being mushy as a result of this recipe makes use of the appropriate water-to-rice-ratio for jasmine rice (which is 1 cup rice to 1 1/4 cups water). Most recipes get it flawed = mushy rice. Additionally no must rinse to wash rice if bought in a packet on the grocery store as will probably be clear. In case you do want to clean the rice to wash it then shake extra water off very properly and cut back inventory by 2 tablespoons (to account for waterlogged rice).
2. Liquid – inventory will make this rice tastier. If utilizing utilizing water, add 1 hen or vegetable inventory dice (dissolved) or 1 tsp inventory powder.
3. Cooking vessel dimension issues! Use a big saucepan, mine is 28cm/11″ large, use one round this dimension. Don’t make this in a small one (~20cm/8″ large) as a result of the rice-cabbage combination will likely be too deep for the rice prepare dinner evenly.
4. Leftover rice will preserve for two days. Freezing will work however the cabbage will go a tad watery although for those who toss by properly this shouldn’t be an issue.
Vitamin per serving, assuming 5 servings.

Vitamin Data:

Energy: 206cal (10%)Carbohydrates: 36g (12%)Protein: 4g (8%)Fats: 5g (8%)Saturated Fats: 3g (19%)Polyunsaturated Fats: 0.3gMonounsaturated Fats: 1gTrans Fats: 0.2gLdl cholesterol: 13mg (4%)Sodium: 486mg (21%)Potassium: 211mg (6%)Fiber: 2g (8%)Sugar: 3g (3%)Vitamin A: 928IU (19%)Vitamin C: 33mg (40%)Calcium: 45mg (5%)Iron: 1mg (6%)

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