Friendship Forever is The Priceless Treasure

Beet Root Bariany

This recipe is the honor of my close friend who cares about our friendship. She is also like a sister as we have shared a good time and bad times together as neighbors.
We would chat every morning as friends which energize us after the enjoyable conversation. Sometimes we walked around the neighborhood and talked about our family matters back home because we were both immigrants (aliens) at that time.

As caring friends, we would solve each other's difficulties encountered in daily life. Once her fridge broke down for no reason, I let her use my fridge to store her frozen food items for a few days as we are caring and looking out for each other. We had the understanding to take care of each other's home whenever either of us went overseas to meet with parents.
This would include watering indoor plants, plowing the snow and mowing the lawn.

Sometimes we shared our dishes, as we cook every day, just for changes. One day, she brought that beetroot rice which was totally new to me. The color of that rice is red and after trying it, I love the flavor too. It is flavored with Indian ingredients and is the food option of what we like to eat frequently.

It is easy to make in the rice cooker and can be cooked as a vegetarian dish if we skip adding the chicken pieces in it.

Beet Root Bariany and Grilled Lamb Chop

Ingredients

1 cup    Beet Root peeled rinse and chopped
4 cups   Basmati rice
1/2 cup  Chopped tomato
1/2 cup  Chopped potato
3 counts  Cloves
3 counts  Cardamons
2 count   Bay leaves
3 Tbsp    Melted Butter or Ghee Butter
1/2 lb     Chicken tenders ( cut small pieces)
1 tbsp    Garam Masala
1 tsp      Chili powder
1 count   Onion
2 cloves  Garlic
1tsp       Ground ginger
4 cups    Chicken broth

Instructions

1. Soak the rice for 1 hour.
2. Chop the onion, garlic, and ginger together in the chopper.
3. marinate the chicken pieces with Garam Masala and chili powder.
4. Melt the butter in the skillet on the stove then add the chopped onion, garlic and ginger together.
5. Then add the marinated chicken pieces into the pan cook for 10 minutes till all liquid is gone.
6. Add the rest of the ingredients such as tomato, potato and beetroot and stir.
7. Add the soaked rice into the pan together with cloves, cardamon and bay leaves.
8. Transfer those into the rice cooker or dutch oven then add chicken broth to the pot and cook as instruction from the rice cooker.
9. Or if it is in a dutch oven, add one more cup of water into it and cook with medium-high heat or 375-degree oven and bake it for 30-40 minutes with covering the pot.

Grilled Lamb Chop

Ingredients

2 Lb     Lamb chop  Cut into pieces
2 tbsp  Garam Masala
1 tsp    Cumin powder
1/2 tsp Chili powder
1 cup   Yogurt
2 tsp    Salt

 Instructions

1. In the bowl add all the seasoning together with yogurt.
2. Add all the lamb chop pieces into the bowl.
3. Mix it together with all the yogurt seasoning and store in the fridge for 6 hours.
4. Grill with medium-high heat to those pieces for 15 to 20 minutes depends on rare or well done as our preferences.