Mushroom Rice

Ingredients:

Cook or steam the rice in a stovetop pressure cooker, pan or Instant pot adding water as needed.
In a pan heat olive oil. add the chopped garlic and saute for some seconds.
No need to brown the garlic. Next add chopped spring onion whites. Begin to saute the spring onions stirring often.
Saute till the spring onions become translucent and have softened. Now add chopped mushrooms. Initially the mushrooms will leave water.
Saute them until all the water evaporates from the pan and the mushrooms are completely cooked.
Add ground black or white pepper, crushed white sesame seeds, thyme and oregano to the mushrooms.
Mix well add the cooked rice and salt as required. The rice has to be completely cooled.
Mix and saute the rice with the mushrooms for a couple of minutes. garnish with the spring onions. serve mushroom rice hot or warm with a salad.