Recipe - Plain Pilaf With Tomato Sauce

2 cup Rice
3 cup Chicken broth or water
2 tablespoon Margarine
Salt
Tomato sauce:
2 lg Ripe tomatoes OR
2 One half tablespoon Tomato paste
Salt

Pour rice into a bowl with 2 tbs salt and cover with warm water and set
aside 20 to 25 minutes. Drain and rinse salt away. Place broth or stock in
a pan with margarine and One half tbs. salt and bring to a boil. Add rice and
cook on high then on medium heat until rice absorbs water.Put a cloth
napkin under the lid, put on lid and simmer 50 to 10 minutes on very low
heat. Stir and serve.To serve with the sauce: Mince tomatoes and cook in
pan 6 minutes or puree like. Add the tomatoes ( or paste ) to the brroth or
water to cook rice in so the tomato product becomes part of the cooking
liquid for the rice.
Posted to MMRecipes Digest by "Robert Ellis" rpearson@snowcrest.net on
Feb 25, 1998