Shrimp and Yellow Rice

Recipes Ingredients:

1/2 c Olive oil
1 tb Salt
2 Garlic cloves
1/2 ts Yellow food coloring
1 Small onion
2 c Water
1 Green pepper
1 c Rice
1 lb Raw shrimp;peeled & deveined
1/2 c Green peas; tiny
3/4 c Tomatoes
1 cn Pimentos; small jar
1 pn Saffron
1 Parsley

Recipe Instructions:

Heat olive oil and saute the chopped garlic, onion, and green pepper. When half done, add the shrimp. When shrimp turn pink, add the tomatoes, saffron, salt, coloring and water. When mixture starts boiling, add 1 cup rice. Bake in Oven at 350 deg. for 15 minutes. Garnish with peas, pimiento and parsley leaves. From: "The Gasparilla Cookbook" Recipe from: The Columbia Restaurant; Tampa, Fl