Recipe - Jasmine-Tea Rice With Ellen

2 cup Japanese rice
3 tablespoon Jasmine tea
1 tablespoon Peanut oil
1 teaspoon Coarse salt
Freshly ground pepper

Makes 4 cups

1. Rinse rice well. Grind tea in a spice grinder until it becomes a fine
powder. In a medium pot, add rice and 2 cups cold water. Let soak 30
minutes. Stir rice well, and bring to a boil over high heat. Stir well
again, and reduce heat to low. Cover, and let simmer 11 minutes. Remove
from heat, and let rest, covered, about 5 minutes. Let cool 10 minutes.
Stir in tea powder, oil, salt, and pepper with a wooden spoon or spatula.

2. Wet hands and rice molds with water to prevent rice from sticking. Fill
molds about twothirds full with rice. Using a gentle rocking motion,
evenly compact rice with the mold's press. Push the rice through the mold.
Repeat with remaining rice. Serve hot or at room temperature.

Recipe by: Martha Stewart http://www.marthastewart.com

Posted to recipeludigest by "Valerie Whittle" catspaw@inetnow.net on Mar
6, 1998