Lob-stir Rice
A slow cooked spiced rice dish with lobster.
Course
Main Dish
Cuisine
Bengal
Servings
10
people
Passive Time
40
minutes
Servings
10
people
Passive Time
40
minutes
Ingredients
1
kg
Basmati rice
250
g
Desi Ghee
1
tsp
Cumin seeds
1
tsp
mace
2
bay leaves
2
cinnamon sticks
1
tsp
black pepper
tsp
½green cardamom
2
black cardamoms
1
tsp
red chili
crushed
salt to taste
1
onion
chopped
1
tomato
chopped
3
Green chilies
chopped
1
tbsp
Ginger
chopped
1
tbsp
garlic
chopped
4
whole lobsters (small size
with head & tail)
1
cup
Milk
1
tsp
saffron
1
cup
yogurt
Instructions
Wash the rice.
Heat desi ghee in a brass pot and sauté all the spices with onion, tomato, green chilies, ginger and garlic.
Add lobster meat.
Add approximately 1 liter of water in the pot and then add milk. Give it a boil and then add rice. Cook till water evaporates.
Add saffron, yogurt and cover with a lid and cook it for 15-20 minutes.
Allow the rice and meat to cook on slow heat.
Serve hot.