Basil Rice With Fresh Herbs From The Garden

Herbal plants are suitable for planting in gardens as a supply of fresh herbs to be cooked and enjoyed by your beloved family.

There are many reasons why we should grow herbs at home. One of them is about freshness. If you buy herbs at the market they will wilt very quickly. That's why it would be profitable to have herbs that are ready to be harvested at any time and used to maintain the fresh quality of the herbs.

Also, herbs are very useful for processing into food and drinks. Whenever we want, our garden has provided it all. The most important thing is that herbs are very easy to grow with minimal care, because they are less likely to be attacked by pests.

I have several herbs in my garden that I most often use for kitchen purposes. These herbs are lemongrass, basil, bay leaves, and kaffir lime leaves. Those herbs are very popular as aromatic ingredients in food or drinks. I also have mint leaves.

This time, I want to process herbs to make a healthy breakfast menu. Also, of course, delicious and liked by my husband.

The following are pictures of my favorite herbs that I often pick for cooking in the kitchen. Starting from basil, bay leaves, also kaffir lime leaves. Also, lemongrass plants are in a separate place.

I will make aromatic rice, also served with stir-fried broccoli and tempeh with spicy flavor. I also harvest super hot chilies from my garden.

My chili plants seem to love me because they give me endless amounts of chilies. :) glad I have a supply of fresh chilies in my organic garden.

Apart from that, I also harvested a few long beans that were already elongated and needed to be harvested, or they would get old and not be good to cook.

Fresh ingredients from my organic garden make me enthusiastic about cooking healthy food, especially for my husband. Besides, I can save expenses. I no longer buy chilies and some of the vegetables at the market. Just from my garden. Doesn't that sound like a great accomplishment? And, I am very grateful for that and also appreciate your support for my hard work in the garden. :)

THE INGREDIENTS

aromatic rice

1 cup of rice
2 cups of water
1-2 handfuls of basil leaves, according to your taste
3 bay leaves
3 kaffir lime leaves
2 lemongrass, flattened

stir-fried vegetables

1 broccoli head
1 block of tempeh
enough long beans

3 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
5 small cloves of red onion, finely chopped
2 tbsp of sweet soy sauce
1/2 tsp of salt
1 cup of water

COOKING INSTRUCTIONS

STEP 1

Remove basil leaves from the stems. Then, wash it clean. Also, wash the rice thoroughly.

STEP 2

After the rice has been washed clean, prepare a rice cooker container. Add rice with 2 cups of water. Followed by adding flattened lemongrass, bay leaves, also basil leaves.

Stir the rice well with those herbs, then put it in the rice cooker and cook until cooked.

STEP 3

While waiting for the aromatic rice to cook, prepare the stir-fried veggies. Chop broccoli, long beans and tempeh.

STEP 4

Preheat cooking oil. Then, add chopped garlic and red onion. Then, add chillies, and sweet soy sauce.

Add water, then add all vegetables: broccoli, tempeh, long beans. Mix them well, and add salt. Cook them with the cooking pan covered and cook for 5-7 minutes.

STEP 5

Prepare cooked rice. Remove from the rice cooker, then throw away the bay leaves and kaffir lime leaves. Stir well then the aromatic rice is ready to be served.

SERVING

Serve the aromatic basil leaves on a serving plate. Add stir-fried broccoli with tempeh. You can also put your favorite sauce on your serving plate.

The aroma of rice that wafts into the room increases your appetite. My husband and I then had breakfast in the garden. Really, a peaceful morning with a simple meal that I made with some ingredients from the garden next to my house. :)

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Anggrek Lestari

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