Mamata Banerjee composes song on World Music Day
World Music Day was observed in the city with great enthusiasm.
Bring together family and friends this weekend by cooking and serving them a tasty snack that’s so unusual. This dish is the must-eat.
This is traditionally a combination of rice, cheese and saffron, served as saffron rice balls; somewhat like our yummy cutlets. In this more exotic form – a mixture of rice, cheese, saffron, spices, herbs and capsicum is rounded into balls, coated with dry bread crumbs and deep fried into delicious snack which is crisp from outside and soft from inside.
Serves: 3
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Preparation time: 30 minutes
Cooking time: 15 min
Ingredients:
Rice: 1 cup (washed and soaked for 15 minutes)
Saffron few strands: (10 – 15 strands)
Onion: 1 (finely chopped)
Red capsicum: 1 medium (finely chopped)
Parsley: ½ cup (finely chopped)
Mozzarella cheese: 1 cup (grated)
Salt: 1 tsp
Red chilli powder: ½ tsp
Freshly ground black pepper: ¾ tsp
Butter: 2 tbsp
Bread crumbs to coat
Oil to fry
Method
Heat butter. Add chopped onion. Saute for a minute. Add washed rice and stir fry for few minutes. Add saffron, salt, red pepper powder and black pepper powder. Add two cups of water and give a boil. Cover and cook on low heat till all the water is absorbed and rice is cooked. Turn off flame. Add all ingredients except bread crumbs to boiled rice and mix well. Mash the rice lightly and let the mixture cool. Make small balls. Coat them with dry crumbs. Heat oil in a deep pan. Deep fry golden brown. Serve hot. Truly awesome dish. Worth trying!
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