Pasta, Noodles and Rice Recipes - Rice with Tomatoes, Avocado and Black Olives Recipe

  
 

Pasta, Noodles and Rice Recipes - Rice with Tomatoes, Avocado and Black Olives Recipe

Ingredients

Serve 4

  • 4 tablespoons olive oil

  • 1 small onion, finely chopped

  • 2 plump garlic cloves, crushed

  • 250 g/8 oz basmati rice, rinsed and drained

  • 450 ml/3/4 pint Vegetable Stock

  • 1 tomato, deseeded and diced                                         

  • 2 spring onions, including some green, chopped

  • 2 tablespoons chopped parsley

  • 50 g/2 oz black olives, pitted

  • 1 small avocado, diced

  • salt and pepper

Method:

  1. Heat 2 tablespoons of the oil in a saucepan, add the onion and garlic, and cook for 1 minute.

  2. Add the rice and stir for 2 minutes, then add the stock and bring to the boil.

  3. Stir the rice, cover the pan and simmer very gently, without lifting the lid, for about 12 minutes until the rice is just tender.

  4. Meanwhile, heat the remaining oil in a frying pan. Add the tomato, spring onions, parsley and salt and pepper, and simmer for 5 minutes.

  5. Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the olives and avocado. Fluff up the rice with a fork and carefully stir in the tomato mixture. Serve hot or cold.