Egyptian Rice with Shariya
Egyptian rice with Shariya
Egyptian rice with shariya is possibly the most popular way of eating rice in Egypt. The shariya is very short lengths (about 1cm) of a pasta very similar to vermicelli.
Egyptian Rice with Shariya is cooked in delicious stock making it incredibly tasty
Egyptian rice is always fried first before it’s boiled in a tasty stock. So it isn’t light and fluffy but neither is it bland or tasteless. It’s rich and tasty and in fact it’s so good you could sit and enjoy a plate of it eaten on its own.
Egyptian rice is a form of short grain rice, this can be difficult to find in the UK so Chinese rice is a good substitute. Failing that, long grain rice is absolutely fine to use.
Serves 4-6
Ingredients
- Vegetable oil for frying
- 2 mugs Egyptian rice
- ½ mug shariya (broken fine vermicelli pasta)
- 3 ½ mugs hot stock *This can be made by dissolving 4 stock cubes in 4 mugs of boiling water if you don’t have fresh stock.
Method
Put 3 tbsp of oil into a large pan and put it over a high flame to heat up.
When the oil is sizzling add the shariya and stir. Fry this for a couple of minutes before adding the rice. Fry them until they begin to brown – stirring continuously.
Time to add the stock
So now you need to add the stock to the rice. Be very careful.
Now please be careful
For this next stage PLEASE BE VERY CAREFUL – I would advise you to wear an oven glove on the hand you are pouring from and keep your face well back – the first lot of liquid you add to the hot rice and oil, will shoot hot steam up, like a full blown volcano, so be warned. The first time I did it I had the scare of my life.
Stir and simmer for 12 minutes over a very low heat
Stir the rice and shariya quickly. Put the lid firmly on the pan and reduce the heat down to the lowest heat possible and cook for 12 minutes.
Allow it to Steam for another 5 minutes
Turn off the heat but keep the lid on the pan and allow the rice to finish cooking in its own steam for a further 5 minutes.
Egyptian Rice with Shariya is delicious and it’s ready!
Now fluff up your rice and it’s ready to serve.
Egyptian rice with shariya is good to have with chicken or stew. It’s great with kebab or a multitude of other dishes.
I hope you enjoy this recipe
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