"Rice with Shrimp" (??? ????????)

Rice with Shrimp is different than the Shrimp fried Rice!
It's so delicious, that you can have it not only as a side dish, but you can also eat it on its own!
I'm sure you will like it.

Ingredients needed:

1 cup washed rice.
1/2 lb of peeled shrimp.
1/2 minced carrot.
1/2 green pepper cut into very small cubes.
1 small minced onion.
1 lemon.
3/4 tsp cumin.
Salt & pepper.
1/2 tsp tomato paste.
2 tbsp flour.


Directions:

1. Rub peeled shrimp with salt and some flour, then rinse well with water.
2. Put shrimp in a bowl and squeeze over 1 lemon and leave it for 1/2 hour at least.
3. In a  nonstick pot pour some oil, fry the minced onion until dark brown on medium heat.
4. Add 1/2 minced carrot and 1/2 green pepper that is cut into very small cubes and stir.
5. Then add the shrimp and season with salt, pepper and cumin.
6. The shrimp will let water out, keep stirring until the water disappears.
7. Pour in the water for the rice (according to the kind of rice you're cooking) and 1/2 tsp tomato paste.
8. Stir all again and increase the heat until it boils.
9. When it boils, add the rice then stir and cover.
10. Lower heat to medium again.
11. When the water becomes exactly in the same level of rice, decrease the heat to low.
12. Remove from heat when rice is fully cooked. Usually it takes about 25 minutes.

Tip:

It's very important that you don't add the water for rice before all the water of shrimp disappears!


Enjoy your meal.