Green Rice

Yields: 1 - 9x10
Preparation time: 20 min
Cooking time: 60 min
Level: Easy

Ingredients:
2 cups uncooked rice
1 small onion, finely grated
2 green pimento pepper, finely chopped
1 lb. grated cheese
1/2 cup milk
1 egg
6 leaves dasheen bush head
2 tbsp. oil
1 1/2 tbsp. butter
1 stalk celery, finely chopped
1 tsp. parsley, finely chopped
1 sprig chive, finely chopped
Salt to taste

Cook the rice, ensure that it is still somewhat grainy. Grate the cheese.

Cut off the stalk and tips of the dasheen bush. Retain the leaves and remove the tips of the dasheen bush leaves. Gather all together and slice thinly, as shown above.

In a deep mixing bowl, add the cooked rice, dasheen leaves, herbs, salt, pimento, onion, egg, butter, milk and 3/4 of the cheese. Mix well. Pour into a greased baking dish and bake at 300° F for 40 min or until the top of the pie is golden brown.

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