RAMADAN 18 IFTAR MENU - CHICKEN TOMATO RICE, SHRIMP SALAD, BLACK GLUTINOUS RICE KUIH KOCI AND WATERMELON-LEMONADE DRINKS

It's 18 day of Ramadan, 12 more days to go!!!!Alhamdulillah so far so good and in this hot sunny weather we tend to be more thirsty then hungry. I'm running out of idea as what to cook. There's not much request from the children and worse of all I am not getting any response from them, so I just follow my instinct and cook what I think was best for the Children. I cooked Chicken Tomato Rice, a classic tomato rice with chicken, along with shrimps salad. As for dessert I made Black Glutinous Rice Kuih Koci an all time Malaysian delicacy and Watermelon-Lemonande Drinks.

Tomato rice

(a simplified version, modified from the original tomato rice. I added chicken fillet in this rice.... just to skip making another side dish.

Add slices of fresh tomato and shredded carrots in the rice. Ideally this tomato rice goes well with curry or korma, with cucumber relish and pappadom.

Ingredients
500 gm 1 cup 5 3 cloves 2 1/2 cm 4 1 2 2 1/2 cm 1 tsp 1 tsp 1 tsp  tsp 1 medium 500 ml 125 ml 2 tbsp 125 ml 2 stalks 1 big 3 tbsp 2 300 gm	Rice Ghee/clarified butter Shallots/scallions (sliced) Garlic (sliced) Cinnamon Cardamoms Star anise Cloves Ginger Fennel powder Cumin powder Meat korma powder White pepper powder Carrot (shredded) Water Evaporated milk Tomato paste Tomato soup Coriander/cilantro leaves (cut into 2 1/2 cm lengths) Fried cashew nuts (non salted) Fresh tomato slice thinly Chicken fillet Salt (adjust to taste)
Method Wash and drain the rice and set aside In a rice cooker, heat ghee/clarified butter When hot, fry shallots/scallions, garlic, cinnamon, cardamoms, star anise, cloves and ginger until the shallots/scallions turn light brown Add in fennel powder, cumin powder, kurma powder and white pepper powder and stir Add in the carrots, chicken fillet, fresh tomato and water and allow to boil Upon boiling, add in the milk, tomato paste, tomato soup and salt and allow to boil Add in the rice, cover and allow to cook, remembering to stir in between Garnish with chopped coriander/cilantro leaves, tomato slices and cashew nuts Serve with mixed any curry or kurma