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black venus rice with shrimp and zucchini cream

Black venus rice with shrimp and zucchini cream

This recipe is a real delicacy. The rice we used is from Italy but you can replace it with a different type of black rice. The zucchini cream and shrimp add the right combination of flavors.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 22 minutes
Total Time 37 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Italian
Servings 2 people
Calories 468 kcal

Ingredients
 
 

  • 180 grams venus black rice rice
  • 200 grams shrimp
  • 2 medium zucchini
  • 0.5 onion
  • 1 garlic clove
  • salt
  • pepper
  • cayenne
  • 200 milliliters water
  • oil

Instructions
 

  • Add some oil and the minced garlic clove into a pan and cook for some minutes over medium heat. In the meantime, bring water to a boil in a pot.
  • Add the zucchini that you have previously cut into small pieces and let them fry slightly.
  • Add a pinch of salt, pepper, cayenne, and the water into the pan with the zucchini and garlic. Cook for 14-18 minutes. When the water boils in the separate pot, cook the rice for the recommended time.
  • When the zucchini is very soft and cooked through, move the zucchini mix into a blender and blend for some minutes until the cream is dense and completely mixed.
  • Add a drizzle of oil to the cream.
  • Heat up the pre-cooked shrimp in oil at a high temperature for a minute or so.
  • Mix the shrimps with the venus rice after you have drained the water from the rice.
  • Place the zucchini cream on your plate and then serve your rice with shrimp on top of the cream.

Notes

  • The zucchini have to be very soft when cooked.
  • If your shrimp are not pre-cooked, you will need to cook them for a slightly longer time. On a pan for 2 minutes on each side or by boiling them for 3 minutes or so. When the shrimp have their red color on both sides, they are cooked. Overcooking them makes the shrimp rubbery and chewy. In this recipe, it doesn't matter that much whether you peel the shrimp before or after cooking, or whether you use shrimp that are already peeled.

Nutrition

Calories: 468kcalCarbohydrates: 80gProtein: 30gFat: 4gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 161mgSodium: 535mgPotassium: 1042mgFiber: 6gSugar: 7gVitamin A: 401IUVitamin C: 38mgCalcium: 135mgIron: 3mg

Caution

Nutritional information shall not be used for medical reasons.

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