Brazilian Rice Souffle - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. uncooked rice
salted water
1 c. tomato sauce
1 peeled and chopped tomato
3 eggs, separated
1 c. peas
1/2 c. Parmesan cheese, grated
salt and pepper

Preparation

Boil rice in slightly salted water and when done, strain and hold under cold tap water to wash off starch.
Drain thoroughly. Add chopped tomato to the tomato sauce and mix with rice.
Season to taste.
Add beaten egg yolks and peas and fold in the stiffly beaten egg whites.