BHARATTI

      Title: BHARATTI
  Categories: Grains, Ethnic
       Yield: 6 Servings
  
       2 c  Basmati rice (Carolina will
            Do)
       2 md Onions
         bn Fresh basil leaves (about
            Half cup when chopped)
       1 tb Curry powder (mild or hot,
            According to preference)
       1 ts Salt
       4 tb Good grade cooking oil
     500 g  (just over 1 lb) ground
            Chicken or lean pork
  
   Chop onions and fry in 2 tbsp oil until just starting to brown. Add
   meat and curry powder, stir until brown. Scoop out onions and meat,
   leaving oil in pan. Add dry rice and stir until transparent. Add 4
   cups water and salt, bring to boil, cover and cook over LOW flame for
   15 mins or until all water is absorbed. Add meat, onions, finely
   chopped basil and the rest of the oil, stir and cook for another 3
   mins.
   
   (You could eat it now, but here comes the trick):
   
   Put everything in shallow glass dish, cover with paper towel and
   microwave on full power for another 10 to 15 mins. (YES, that long!)
   
   The final ordeal in the microwave oven will turn the individual
   grains of rice crispy on the outside, leaving their cores soft - a
   heavenly crunchy sensation.
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