If you like spices this is a great recipe for you
Curry Vegetables and Rice:Ingredients:150g carrots
200g leeks
400g zucchini
200g eggplants
50g green pepper
50g red pepper
1000g water
3 tsps salt
300g long rain rice
80g olive oil
300g onions (quartered)
4 cloves of garlic
100g tomatoes, roughly chopped
30g fresh coriander leaves (or parsley)
100g white wine
200g coconut milk
1 tsp curry
1/4 tsp saffron
1/2 tsp sugar
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp ground anise
1 tsp cardamom
30g coconut (fresh, flakes or dessicated)
Preparation: * Slice the carrots and leek. Chop the zucchinis, eggplant, red and green peppers into mid sized pieces. Put them all in Varoma Bowl
* Put water and 1 tsp salt in TM Bowl. Insert the steaming basket and weigh&put the rice inside
* Close TM Lid, place Varoma Bowl on the top and cook for 22 minutes at Varoma Temperature on Speed 1
* Set aside Varoma Bowl and steaming basket and keep warm
* Empty TM Bowl. Rinse and wipe
* Add oil and warm for 3 minutes at Varoma Temperature on Speed 1
* Add quartered onions, garlic, tomatoes and coriander. Chop for 7 seconds on Speed 5 and then saute for 4 minutes at 100ºC on Speed 1
* Add wine, coconut milk, salt, curry, saffron, sugar, cumin, anise, cardamom and coconut. Saute for 3 minutes at 100ºC on Speed 1. (According to the recipe at this stage we add 2 tsps of salt. Maybe it's better to add only 1 tsp and then one can regulate for himself)
* Add the steamed vegetables in TM Bowl. Close TM Lid. Place the steaming basket on the top (so that you'd warm also the rice). Cook for 5 minutes at 100ºC on Reverse / Speed 1
* Take them into serving plates and serve
Buon Appetito...
It is adapted from A Tutto VaporePhotos: http://thermomixtarifdefterim.blogspot.com/2010/09/curry-vegetables-and-rice.html