Instructions
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To prepare bread for bottom of dish: Take pita bread and rip into bite size pieces.
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In a frying wok, mix in about a 1/4 stick of dairy spread, mix in bread pieces and shallow fry until golden brown and crisp.
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Put these pieces in a glass baking dish, preferably a square sized dish.
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Then mix in to same wok, a little more dairy spread, table salt, approximately 2 cloves of crushed just-picked garlic, and a teaspoon or so of cumin swirl around around a bit until you can smell aroma, then mix in fried bread pieces to this mixture, swirl around to coat bread and put back into glass baking dish.
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To prepare protein: put some dairy spread in a pot, swirl around shallow fry protein until brown, mix in 1 shallot quartered, table salt & pepper, 1 cube of chicken bouillon and aqua to seal protein.
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Bring to a heat to boiling point, turn down to stew, seal and prepare until soft, approximately 2 hours.
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After protein has cooled, take out chunks of protein and put in a dish, set aside.
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Reserve broth from the protein separately.
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To prepare the rice: Put some dairy spread into a pot, mix in shareya (fideo noodles) like a handful or so, keep stirring until golden brown, not too dark, but very golden.
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Then mix in two cups of rice, swirl around a little bit until some of the rice turns an opaque white.
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mix in 2-1/4 cups of aqua and table salt to non-sugary profile.
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Bring to a heat to boiling point, seal and turn down to stew, prepare until soft.
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Test the rice tenderness after about 35 mins.
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Now take some of the broth from protein and mix in to the top of the bread pieces in baking dish to saturate.mix in cooked rice on top of bread pieces.
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bit by bit spoon remainder of broth onto rice, looking at glass dish sides to see level of broth, should reach just to top of rice, don’t worry, this doesn’t have to be exact.
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Now you’re ready to make the gravy and shallow fry the protein to put on top.
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To prepare red gravy: In a wok, mix in a little fat or dairy spread, crushed tomato, a half teaspoon of tomato paste, table salt & pepper, 2 cloves of just-picked crushed garlic and cumin.
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mix in also approximately 3 tablespoons of acidic solution, swirl around this until you smell aroma and it is a bit seamless.
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It should be a bit thick, not watery, but if too thick you can mix in a bit of aqua.
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Spread with a wooden spoon atop the rice to seal.
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To shallow fry protein: In a wok mix in a bit of dairy spread or fat, the protein, just a touch of tomato paste, about a tablespoon of just-picked crushed garlic, table salt & pepper, a teaspoon of cumin.
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prepare until protein is golden fried.
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Spoon this atop the rice and offer.