Baked Rice with Tomatoes and Garlic

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 350
2. Arrange the tomatoes, garlic, shallots, chopped cilantro, (reserve some of chopped leaves for garnish), thyme and cinnamon sticks in a 8x12 glass baking dish. Pour in the olive oil, add salt and pepper and place in the heated oven for one hour until vegetables are soft.
3. Remove from the oven and spread the raw rice evenly over the roasted vegetables and set aside.
4. Increase the oven temperature to 450.
5. Sprinkle a little more salt and pepper over the rice and then carefully pour the boiling water over the rice. Seal the dish tightly with foil and place in the oven for 25 minutes or until rice is cooked.
6. Remove from the oven, leave it covered, and allow the rice to rest for 10 minutes Remove the foil and sprinkle with remaining cilantro leaves, stir into the rice and serve immediately.

• Servings : 6
• Recipe Type : All Recipes, Rice, Grains, Noodles, vegetarian