How to cook pilaf with mushrooms

Today we will tell you how to cook pilaf with mushrooms. It will be an excellent substitute for meat pilaf. If you cook it correctly, you will hardly feel any difference, and many people will probably have a new option for cooking a familiar dish. In a word - a worthy alternative!

To cook this pilaf with mushrooms, you will need:

• 0.5 kg of mushrooms (usually champignons),
• 2 carrots,
• 1 red hot pepper (if you do not like spicy, take sweet Bulgarian pepper),
• 2 onions,
• Spices, salt and pepper.

To reduce the cooking time, rice can be pre-soaked. To do this, it should be washed, then pour boiling water for about an hour.

Cut the onions into half rings and grate the carrots. Pepper chop the straw less than 1 cm. Take the medium-sized cauldron, put it on the gas and pour in it the vegetable oil. When the oil is warm, send the vegetables there. In the meantime, rinse the mushrooms. If you chose small mushrooms, you can leave them whole. If you have caught large specimens, you should cut them into 2-3 pieces. When cooking, excess liquid from them will evaporate, they will decrease in size, so try not to cut them very finely.

When the vegetables are slightly fried, send mushrooms to the cauldron. Add salt, spices and pepper. Particularly well in this dish will fit all the known curry powder. The fire should be average, so that the liquid from the mushrooms could evaporate. In this case, they can be evenly fried. Once the mushrooms are lightly browned, reduce the heat and pour rice into the cauldron. Pour all the water so that it was above the surface of rice for 1-2 cm. Close the lid with a lid and bring it over to a low heat. Thanks to the fact that you dipped the rice in advance, it will take you about 20 minutes. All this time, pilaf with mushrooms should in no case be mixed. After the due time, open the lid and check the water level and the degree of rice availability. You can add boiling water if the water boils.

After you turn off the gas, let the dish "rest" a little. Then mix and invite the household to the table. Pilaf with mushrooms will please you and your loved ones with a new and unusual aroma and taste.

Now a few words about how to cook pilaf with mushrooms in a multivariate. We offer you a very tasty and simple recipe. You can use a variety of mushrooms: champignons, chanterelles, mushrooms or those that are loved by you. They can be fresh, frozen or even dried. If you use dried mushrooms, first rinse them and soak them overnight.

To cook pilaf with mushrooms in a multivark you will need:

• 1.5 cups of rice,
• 3 cloves garlic,
• 3 cups of water,
• 500 grams of various mushrooms,
• 2-3 carrots,
• 2 onions,
• 5 tbsp. Spoons of vegetable oil,
• Pepper, spices and salt.

And now step by step instructions on how to cook pilaf with mushrooms:

Carrots and onion peel. Carrot finely chop, and chop the onions with neat semirings. Turn on the "Baking" mode in the multivark for 40 minutes. We pour oil into it. Fill in the same carrot and onions. Pass the vegetables, stirring occasionally, for 20 minutes.

Mushrooms rinse well. Try to do it quickly, so they do not have time to absorb excess water. Cut them into 3-4 wedges or large straws. Send them to the vegetables in the multivark and fry for another 20 minutes. When you see that the water is evaporated, send the pre-washed rice to the multivark. Well level it. Add salt, garlic and pepper. Fill it with water and turn the multivarker into the "Pilaf" mode. When the pilaf is ready, let it steep for a while. Open the lid and mix well. The fragrance will quickly spread around the house to collect the whole family to the table. Pilaf with mushrooms is already ready, enjoy!