Cilantro Lime Rice

Ingredients:

• 1 cup basmati rice
• 1¾ cups water
• salt to taste
• fresh cilantro to taste (or about ½ cup loosely packed)
• 1 pad of butter
• 2-3 tsps olive oil
• 1 small clove of garlic, finely grated
• 1 lime, juiced

Instructions:

1. Add rice, salt and water to a rice cooker and cook. You can likewise do this in a pot. Add the pad of butter to the hot rice, mixing and fluffing with a fork.
   
2. In a blender, food processor, or by hand blend/chop cilantro with the grated garlic and oil until finely minced. If doing this in a food processor , you might need to stop and clean the sides a few times.
    
3. Add to fluffed up rice. Mix to evenly incorporate. Add lime juice and mix to combine.

 

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