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3 Easy dishes that make a perfect lunch platter- Baked sweet potato,Baked breaded fish,Garlic rice

3 Easy dishes that make a perfect lunch|dinner platter

A lunch/dinner platter that includes garlic rice, baked breaded fish and baked sweet potato fries.
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Course: Brunch, Dinner, Lunch, Main Course
Cuisine: International, Western
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

Garlic rice
  • Basmati rice-1 1/2 cup
  • Bay leaf-1
  • Garlic-4 cloves
  • Olive oil
  • Chicken cube-1/2
  • Water-2 1/4 cup
Baked Fish
  • Fish fillet-3 or 500 gm
  • Egg-1
  • Bread crumbs-required
  • Cajun seasoning-1 to 1 1/2 tbsp
  • Olive oil-2 tbsp
  • Black pepper
  • Salt
Sweet potato fries
  • Sweet potato-5 small-sized
  • Olive oil
  • Salt

Equipment

  • Electric oven
  • Pressure cooker

Method
 

Garlic rice
  1. I am using a pressure cooker to make the garlic rice.
  2. Add oil in the cooker.
  3. Add bay leaves. Fry for few minutes until a nice aroma comes out.
  4. Add chopped garlic.
  5. Add the washed and drained basmati rice.
  6. Fry the rice for few minutes to get a fluffy rice.
  7. Mix and dissolve the chicken cube in the measured water that is required to cook the rice.
  8. Add salt if required asthe chicken cube contains salt in it.
  9. Sprinkle thyme powder.
  10. Pressure cook the rice for 2 whistles and leave the cooker to naturally release the pressure.
Baked fish
  1. Add pepper powder to the egg.
  2. Add salt.
  3. Use a fork and mix well until the everything blends together.
  4. Let me prepare the crumb coating.
  5. Take the breadcrumbs in a wide plate.
  6. Add the cajun seasoning.
  7. Add olive oil.
  8. Coat the egg mixture to the cleaned and pat dried fish fillet. Make sure to cover all the sides and edges to make an evenly coated fish.
  9. Place the egg coated fish on the prepared breadcrumb mix and cover all the sides and corners.
  10. Refrigerate the fish fillet for 5 to 20 minutes.
  11. Preheat the oven for 175 C.
  12. Bake the fish in a preheated oven for 12 to 25 minutes.
  13. Turn the fish after 5 minutes to the other side and cook.
Sweet potato fries
  1. Remove the skin of the sweet potatoes.
  2. Cut the sweet potatoes in to a french fries size.
  3. Wash them in water and pat dry.
  4. Prepare a lined baking tray.
  5. Sprinkle olive oil.
  6. Place the sweet potatoes and mix and toss them to coat the oilive oil.
  7. Sprinkle salt.
  8. Bake the sweet potatoes for 10 minutes in a preheated oven.
  9. Flip and bake the sweet potatoes until it is golden brown.
  10. Serve the garlic rice, baked fish and baked sweet potato fries with tomato ketchup or your favourite sauce.

Notes

  • Take care not to break the rice while frying them. Don't use force while stirring the rice.
  • Fry the rice in low heat to avoid burning the rice.
  • Rice and water ratio for the Daawat brand is 1: 1.5
  • Add salt only after checking as the chicken cube already contains salt in it.
  • The refrigeration of fish fillet will help to set and hold the breadcrumbs thus minimize the breadcrumbs from dropping.
  • Turn the fish to its other side after 5 minutes to cook the fish evenly.
  • Washing the sweet potatoes will remove the excess starch and thus will yield crunchy fries.
  • Sprinkle salt only before baking. Otherwise, the sweet potatoes will not be crispy.