Riz Gras

Rich tomato rice cooked with meat and vegetables in one pot.

Ingredients

• 3 cups Rice
• 700 g Beef
• 5 Tomatoes
• 3 tbsp Tomato paste
• 3 Onions
• 300 g Cabbage
• 3 Carrots
• 2 Eggplant
• 5 cloves Garlic
• ½ cup Oil
• 2 Bay leaves
• 2 tsp Salt
• 6 cups Water

Method

1. Brown the beef — Sear the beef in oil until deeply coloured, then set aside.
2. Build the sauce — Fry the onion and garlic, add tomato paste and cook 5 minutes, then the blended tomato.
3. Reduce — Cook the sauce 20 minutes until it darkens and the oil rises.
4. Simmer the meat — Return the beef with water and cook 40 minutes.
5. Cook the vegetables — Add the cabbage, carrot and eggplant, cook until tender, then lift them out.
6. Cook the rice — Add the rice to the red broth, cover, and steam 25 minutes on low.
7. Riz Gras is ready — Serve the rice with the meat and vegetables arranged over it.

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