Pilchard Rice - Easy And Delicious One-Pot Dish

This is indeed a feast with just everything in one pot!  When you need to fix a quick lunch for your family, this recipe is the best!

I recommend this as a great choice for someone who is looking for a healthy version of a meat-free special rice dish for lunch.  Also, the aroma and the flavours of pilchard fish, tomatoes, and sauces will deliver a very satisfying meal indeed!

Make sure you buy Pacific pilchard in tomato sauce for this recipe as it is the ideal choice to give the best results.

Get  ready with these items:  

Ingredients                  Amounts

Rice (cups)	1  1/2
Ginger &garlic	1 tbsp
Coriander leaves	1 cup
Tomato	1 juicy
Onions	1 large
Fish sauce	1 tbsp
Soy sauce	2 tbsp
Ketchup	2 tbsp
Potatoes	2
Cumin seeds	1 tsp
Salt	1/2

1 tin of Pilchards in tomato sauce

Let’s Make it;

• First, wash the rice until the water runs clear.   Drain water and keep it aside

• Chop onions, tomatoes, ginger and garlic and cube potatoes.  Open the tin of pilchards and drain the sauce into a bowl and keep it aside. Chop coriander leaves and stems  

• Heat up olive oil in a wide pan.  Sprinkle cumin seeds and mustard seeds, and let them splutter
• Add the sliced onion and lightly brown it
• Add all the following ingredients:

Salt, ginger-garlic paste, coriander leaves and stems, chopped tomato, tomato ketchup, tomato sauce from the tin, soy sauce, and fish sauce

• Fry everything until a thick and juicy sauce is formed
• Add potatoes.  Keep frying
• Drain water from the rice and add to the pot.  Fry the rice for a min or two
• Next, pour warm water just above the rice
• Give a good stir, cover and cook under low flame
• After 10 mins, open the lid, give a good stir and check the taste. adust salt
• Now, drop the fish pieces and scatter them
• If the rice is not cooked enough and there is no more water left, sprinkle a little hot water on the sides, cover tightly and lower the flame for allowing it to cook a bit further
• Finally, garnish with chopped coriander. Cover and keep the flavours to settle for about 10 mins
• You can serve this dish on its own, with Chinese chilli paste or any pickle on the side
• Delicious!