Let's start cooking with rice!!!!

2 cups uncooked rice 3 tablespoons shortening 1 onion, thinly sliced 1 peeled, chopped tomato or 2 tablespoons tomatoe sauce 2-21/4 cups boiling water 1 teaspoon salt.

Wash rice carefully. Melt shortening in a medium sauce pan. Fry rice with onion, gently stirring with a wooden spoon until the mixture has a swishing sound. This takes about 10 minutes over a low flame and is a very important factor in producing the dry final product, which is one of the prime requisites of Brazilian Rice. Add tomato, stir once or twice, remove from heat and pour 2 cups of boiling water which has been mixed with the salt over the fried rice. Care must be taken at this point because the mixture will spatter. Stir once or twice( no more), return to heat and bring to a boil. Cover and reduce heat to very low. Cook 20 to 25 minutes or until water has evaporated. Taste if cooked, if not, add the remaining 1/4 cup water. Do not stir. When rice is done remove from heat, uncover and allow some of the steam to evaporate. Place in a serving dish or press into a warm mold and unmold unto a platter. (This recipe taken from Brazilian Cooking by Margrette de Andrade)

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