Rice with Pequi

Rice with Pequi
ingredients:
10 pequis with thick bark .After another ten lumps peeled strong yellow
rice :3 cups raw rice washed6 cups of cold water1 large onion, grated or minced1 teaspoon (tsp ) salt shallow2 tablespoons oil

How to Prepare :

Take the shells are bright yellow lumps , despise the shells , clean if stained delete parties .Wash in tap water .
Wash the rice well under running water , then add cold water , onion , salt, and oil, the pequis , cook in large pot , cook on low heat .
When the rice is almost done turn off the heat , cover the pan and cover with napkin.
Leave the pan over the sink backed with a board underneath.
If you want you can put inside the oven off, for about 15 ' to 30'minutos .Serve with salad raw or cooked
When eating not open the lump that is full of thorns . Mouth not to hurt .
Important Note :
 Pequi is a typical fruit of northern Brazil , and also we have other central regions , such as the states of Goiás and Minas Gerais in the southeast and the Holy Spirit .It is a fruit like avocado round dark green , only take advantage of the lump which is quite yellow, fragrant .
The remainder of the thick shell is only for fertilizer , it is very bitter .Once cooked rice , can suck caroço.com care .Can not open ** chestnut inside is only thorns . **
To recap :
CAN NOT OPEN THE SEED THAT IS FULL OF THORNS .
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       Making liquor Pequi
How to Prepare ::
Let the yellow kernels within a wide mouth glass covered with alcohol and cereal drop of good quality, for 30, 60 or 90 days until a dark color , almost brown .
Make a light syrup with sugar water , cinnamon, cloves , ginger slices .
Allow to cool and stir in the rum already tanned or cereal alcohol .On the site can bury the bottle for a month to get tastier .