What was initially a plan to make stew only, later turned into making a typical lunch at home...Rice and stew. The intention was to make enough stew for the whole week like usual. I was reluctant at first to take images and later write about it whilst cooking because it would be tiring without a tripod stand. In the the end it was worth. ###### Below its a step-by-step process of how I achieved the meal bellow. ######

what you will need...

stew

Oil

boiled tomatoes paste

canned tomato paste

garlic, onion, ginger and pepper blended mix

seasoning cubes

carrots

spice (bay leaves, rosemary, anise seeds, dried star anise)

fish (optional)

salt

rice

salt

2 cups of rice (about 500grams)

I started by making my fire, using charcoal used as my source of heat

I started by making my fire, using charcoal as my source of heat

First step...

Lets get started with real deal, Stew. I washed my carrots and onions, and cut them into smaller pieces. prepped veges

Second step...

I poured cooking oil into my cooking pot and let it fry for about 5 mins and added my chopped onions and left it to fry for about 5 minutes.

Third step...

I grinded my spices, in a wooden grinding bowl

Afterwards, I added, garlic-ginger-pepper mix and my grinded spices and let it fry

Fourth Step...

after frying for about 15 mins, then I added my boiled tomato paste and followed it with the canned one, now this stage requires a lot of patience and constant stirring, and low heat to avoid spilling. How long would you let it cook ? well till appears very bright like in the down right pic in the collage, normally I use roughly 20mins plus.

Fifth step...

Next step is adding my fish and seasoning cube. Which I mashed into smaller parts , along with the seasoning cube I added it to my half-made stew.

Lastly I went in with my salt and carrots and let it cook for a little while (preferably 10 mins) and there you have your stew.

Next stage...

The last and easiest part, is cooking the rice.

I warmed about 750ml of water and added my rice and half teaspoon of salt and left it to cook, on medium heat till it was boiled well. boiled rice

And just like that my meal was ready to be served. _You may or add a few changes or tweak the stew to your liking,_ _like adding meat stock_ _using gizzards in place of fish or even sausages_ ### Thanks for reading

Rupchada