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In Episode 40, we got creative with some Thermomix rice dishes, especially those that can be used as a side dish (apologies in advance for the plethora of ‘side’ jokes that Joe brings to the table in this episode)…
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Here are the recipes we chose this week:
Recipe 1 – Red Rice Quinoa Salad with Pistachios and Mint (from Tenina)
This is a salad with a zing! Tenina has brought something very special to the table here. We had this with grilled salmon and due to the beautiful flavour of the salad, the salmon needed no seasonings at all. We didn't have any dried apricots, so instead we used a handful of currants. A couple of tips:
1. Wash your quinoa in a fine mesh sieve before cooking (it will be less bitter)
2. While the rice / quinoa is cooking, prepare the pistachios, shallots, dried fruit and mint.
3. If you don't have a microplane or other zester, you can just peel the lemons / orange and add that to the step of making the dressing (10 seconds / Speed 10).
4. This is a good way to juice the fruit into the Thermomix easily and without seeds:
5. If you're not a pepper fan, you may want to reduce the pepper from 1 Tbsp to 1 tsp. It is delicious exactly as Tenina has recommended (as always), but just be aware that it has a strong pepper flavour so if you don't like pepper, tone it back.
Recipe 2 – Thermomix ‘Fried' Rice (Quirky Cooking)
Oh, this Thermomix rice dish is such a winner for an everyday quick meal that you can make as fancy or plain as you like. Not to mention versatile. We barely had any of the vegetables that Quirky Jo lists in the recipe… but we just added in what we had in the fridge. Also, LOVED the taste of the rice after being cooked in coconut milk. Next time, we will also add a tablespoon of TM Stock Paste to the water / coconut milk, to add another dimension to the flavour.
Absolutely loved the ‘all-in-one' nature of this dish, as well as the ‘cook as you go' factor. The rice is cooking and you're still adding ingredients. That worked perfectly for us. We used white rice, prawns (from frozen) and any veggies that we had in the fridge.
Recipe 3 – Cauliflower Pilaf (The 4 Blades)
Using Super Kitchen Machine's great idea of making ‘Mock Rice' with cauliflower, we have made a rice-alternative side dish… cauliflower pilaf! With yummy dried fruit and nuts throughout, we have had this as a side dish to salmon and lamb shanks and it was really quite tasty on both occasions!
Here are some cool tips from this podcast…
1. Did you know you can be cooking rice in the Thermoserver while you have dinner cooking in the Thermomix? This great tip came from Forum Thermomix.
Add 480g of boiling water to 250g of white rice (and salt, to taste). Varoma / 5 mins / Speed 1, then pour the rice and any liquid into the Thermoserver. Put the lid on and come back 25 minutes later to your rice ready to go!
2. If you don't want to eat rice due to the carbohydrate content, try ‘mock rice'… cauliflower done in rice-sized kernels and steamed like rice. A great alternative! Thanks to Super Kitchen Machine for this!
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Quirky’s fried rice is a huge family favorite of ours. This week I added red cabbage to the bottom of the varoma…it coloured the rice purple! Very pretty it was too. We had salmon, sweet corn, and carrots cooking in the varoma above the red cabbage. Finally I added chopped tomatoes and cucumber before serving.
Love that it’s really quick and healthy. Serving 6 people dinner in 30 minutes is brilliant!
Great ideas!!! Loving how versatile it is… you can put in whatever you like / have in the fridge and avoid any tastes you don’t like!
Exactly!
I’ve made it with garlic sausage, bacon, and even meatless if we didn’t have anything to hand.
We put soy sauce, sweet chilli sauce, and garlic sauce on the table and everyone finishes their plate with the sauce they like.
Thanks again. I love the photos above. It is lovely to see you doing Tenina and Jo’s recipes as many of us use them. They are clever ladies.
Thank you both.
You two are sidesplitting funny! Awesome podcast and post — I always make my own rice when ordering take-away… exactly as you suggested. Don’t we just love the versatility of this machine?! So glad you still enjoy the mock rice and thanks for the pilaf idea and link to my blog. Woohoo!
ps – of course I did spot the wee scrubbie by your sink in the photo up above 😉
Hi Bec and Jo, thanks for a great podcast. I recently received my thermie for my 47th birthday and haven’t been off it since. Experimenting with anything and everything but I honestly couldn’t have done it with out your help. You have really given me the insight in how to use it to it’s best ability. I guess I should have received some instruction from the consultant. But with your help I was able to do it alone. And I must say I am blitzing the dinners out… Thank you and keep up the great ideas. Now I need your help, I am looking for a version of making vanilla bean paste as I am not sold on the one on the recipe forum. Have you tried to do this? Di
Thank you SO much for this awesome feedback Di! We put it out there to the Facebook community (because this is something we have been wanting to do… we have even bought a big lot of vanilla beans to try!) and Sue recommended the recipe on the Changing Habits website – we’ll have to check it out!
Thanks for the tip re cooking rice in thermoserver. So don’t need to use the bowl for the rice, just all in?
Nope, no need for the basket… just all in the bowl!