Rizi-bizi

Rizi-bizi is the Hungarian version of the Italian risibisi. In Hungary it's served as a side-dish to for instance roasted chicken. We never really had the more expensive and fancy arborio rice, but it works perfectly well with long grain white rice, too. As long as you make it sticky, which may require the addition of a little bit of starchy water.

Ingredients
1 cup white rice
1 cup chicken broth
1.25 cup water
0.25 tsp black pepper
2 tbsp unsalted butter
0.75 cup sweet green peas
salt to taste

Preparation
Briefly fry up the rice in 1 tbsp butter until it turns chalk white. Add the black pepper, broth and water. Bring to a boil and simmer stirring carefully a few times, until all water is absorbed. Stop stirring when the water level is even with the rice.

Blanche the green peas in slightly salty water. Drain and warm through in one tbsp melted butter.

When both the rice and peas are cooked, mix together and serve immediately. I love the way the sweetness of the peas and the butter enhance the rice.