Filipino, Indian, Turkish Rice - Shawarma Rice

My oldest decided she would share something she ate in the Philippines with us. She went out and bought the ingredients we didn't have on hand and started making this dish.

Shawarma Rice

4 cups cooked white rice

2 lbs hamburger

1 package frozen veggies of carrot, peas and corn

half a cucumber chopped

2 small tomatoes chopped

1 cup cheese grated (we used two kinds)

1 egg per person

small container of plain yogurt

1/2 small onion minced (purple onion is best)

chopped garlic

Olive oil

lemon juice

salt, pepper and season all

Tamari soy sauce

First, Mix yogurt, a splash of lemon juice, a small spoon of crushed garlic, about a tsp of olive oil and salt together. This is the sauce.

Brown and drain meat. Heat large fry pan on the stove and put olive oil, garlic and salts in the pan and saute onion. Pour in rice. Once that is mixed well, stir in veggies and soy sauce. Next pour in the hamburger and mix it all well.

At this point, start frying one egg per person. While the egg is frying, scoop some of the rice mixture into a dish. Cover with cucumber, tomatoes and cheese.

When the egg is done, place the egg on top of the cheese and cover with yogurt sauce. Mix the egg and sauce into the rice and eat. She said that they don't always cook the egg but they crack it over the hot rice and meat and it cooks in the bowl. She also said they use roasted beef for the meat but she wasn't sure how to get that so she used hamburger.

I had a bit of a hard time with the raw garlic in the yogurt sauce but if it were roasted a bit first and then add the yogurt, it would have been a warm sauce and would have been just as tasty. The family enjoyed it.

I was hoping for something a bit more spicy but she explained that the recipe really isn't Filipino, but, it is something they enjoy there. Any way I look at it, I enjoyed not having to cook. I helped with the dishes and it was a good night. Thanks Darling Princess number 1 for all your cooking and giving me the night off.