Pilaf With Tomato Turkish Style Domatesli Pilav

A very simple tomato-based rice side dish recipe from turkey. From turkishcookbook.com. A flavorful, freshly picked from the garden, preferably organic tomato works best for this recipe. *update* 17 june 2011: last week i prepared this substituting quinoa for the rice. Rinse the quinoa first as directed in step #1 and proceed with recipe as written. The quinoa was completely cooked and liquid evaporated in about 25 minutes.

Steps

Drain the rice in a fine mesh strainer for 1 full minute under cold water.

Set aside to drain.

This is best done first thing in the early part of the day.

Grate the tomato into a glass measuring cup.

I used a cheese grater and grated the toms down to their skin , then discarded.

Add enough water to the tomato to equal 2 cups.

Pour the mixture into a medium sized pot.

Add the butter and salt.

Bring to boil and stir in the rice.

Cover and cook on low heat.

This will take about 15-20 minutes.

If for some reason the rice starts to dry out , add about 1 / 4 cup more water and cook an additional 5-10 minutes.

Transfer to a serving bowl and garnish with fresh parsley', this side dish works well and is a perfect accompaniment to a heavily seasoned / more intensely flavored main dish because the flavors won't compete"]".

Ingredients

white rice, tomatoes, butter, salt, fresh parsley