Recipe of the Day, Week No: 71: (Native Rice Recipe)

It’s another time of the day to bring out my cooking skills through recipe of the day initiative. I will be sharing recipe of Native rice which was prepared on the 3rd of August 2025. A local dish that is rich in flavor, aroma, color and nutrients.
The meal is simple and it is made with just few ingredients.

Raw ingredients

Ingredients Used

• Rice
• Palm oil
• Smoked fish
• Vegetable ( pumpkin leaf)
• Onions
• Fresh pepper
• Salt
• Maggi
• Curry
• Crayfish

Preparation Procedures

I started by extracting the starch from the rice through parboiling and washing.

Parboiled rice

After preparing all the ingredients, set the pot to dry then pour palm oil to heat up for pepper sauce. Add onions and continue to fry.

Onions in hot palm oil

Add maggi, curry ( powdered form) and salt.

Adding curry

Add smoked fish and fresh pepper then keep boiling on low heat.

Added fish and pepper

Pour the parboiled rice inside and stir

Adding parboiled rice

Add crayfish and water (same level with the rice) then cover to boi and for the ingredients to cook properly.

Adding crayfish

When the water has reduced, add pumpkin leaf for healthy flavor/ attractiveness and stir to spread everywhere.

Added leaf

Do not overcooked the leaf, turn off the gas after one minute.

Ready

This delicious delicacy doesn't take long to prepare, it was ready in 1 hour 20 minutes.

The video compilation of the preparation process of my delicious native rice is attached at the end of this article.

I will invite @chant, @dequeen and @josepha to join the recipe of the day contest.