Share on Facebook - br Tweet about this - br Share on g+ - br br Food blogger Tarika Singh brings to your table a very popular north Italian rice dish called Risotto. This creamy comfort food has endless variations. Check out Tarika's take on this popular Italian dish. br br Ingredients: br br butter for greasing the pan br 1 tbsp olive oil br 1 gralic finely minced br 13 cup of leeks br 150 gms of mushrooms br 1 tsp of dried tyme br 12 tsp chilli flakes br 34 cup of arborio rice br pepper to taste br 1 pinch of salt br 30 gms of parmesan cheese br 3 cups of vegitable stock ( chicken stock optional) br parmesan cheese, pepper and tyme for garnish br br Method: br - Grease the baking pan with butter and keep it aside. br - Heat olive oil in a pan. br - Add the finely minced garlic to the pan. br - Add the leek (cut into half-moon shape). Saute the leeks so that they soften slightly. br - Once the leek starts softening, add the mushrooms. br - Cook the mushrooms until they release some water. br - Add the dried thyme and chilli flakes and saute well. br - Add the arborio rice to the pan and mix well with the mushrooms and leek. br - Add the cracked pepper and sea salt and mix well. br - Turn off the flame and let the rice cool down slightly. br - Once it cools down, add the rice to the greased baking pan. br - Add the Parmesan cheese and stir well. br - Add the vegetable stock. br - Place the baking tray in the pre-heated oven at 180 Degrees Celsius. Let it bake for about 45-60 minutes. br - After about 20-25 minutes, pull the pan out of the oven and give it a nice stir. Then place it back into the oven for the remaining baking part. br - Once baked, take it out of the oven and plate it immediately. br - Garnish with grated Parmesan cheese, cracked pepper and dried thyme. br - The delicious risotto is ready to be served. br br Host: Tarika Singh br Director: Vaibhav Dhandha br Camera: Kawaldeep Singh Jangwal, Manjeet Katariya br Editing: Ravi Varma br VFX - Kushal Ramdas Bhujbal br Creative Head: Kavya Krishnaswamy br Producer: Rajjat A. Barjatya br Copyrights: Rajshri Entertainment Private Limited.