Vegetable Rice

About the recipe:

This is a variation from the Vegetable Biryani which I had posted earlier. This recipe has a quite a list of ingredients to be grinded. In this recipe, the rice and the vegetable masala are cooked separately and mixed together. Believe me, it tastes really delicious and a must try one. The left over vegetable curry tastes great with chapati/phulka or dosa

Preparation Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 15 mins

Serves: 3

Ingredients needed:

Vegetables: 2  Big Cups (I used Carrots, beans, potato, peas and broccoli)

Boiled Rice: 3 Cups

Onion: 1

Mustard Seeds: 1 tsp

Turmeric powder: 1 tsp

Salt: as required

Oil:1 tbsp

To Grind:

1. Coconut: 2 tbsp

2. Fried Gram/Pottukadalai: 2 tsp

3. Coriander seeds: 2 tsp

4. Cumin seeds: 1 tsp

5. Whole black pepper: 1 tsp

6. Green Chilly: 1

7. Dry Red Chilly: 3

8. Cardamom: 2 nos

9. Cinnamon: ½ inch stick

10. Cloves: 2 nos

11. Fennel seeds/Soambu: 1 tsp

12. Ginger: 1 inch piece

13. Garlic : 2 nos

14. Cashew nuts: 4-5 nos

15. Small onions: 4-5

16. Tomato: 2 nos

Preparation:

1. Wash and chop the vegetables and keep it aside

2.Chop onion finely

3.Grind all the ingredients mentioned under the grind section to a fine paste ( add very little water if needed)

Method:

1. Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds.

2. After the mustard seeds splutter, add chopped onions, turmeric powder, salt and saute it well

3. Now,add the carrots, beans and potato ( if you are using cauliflower add it at this stage) and mix it well

4. Close the pan with a lid and cook till the vegetables are 70% cooked

5. Now add in the peas and broccoli and cook them

6. Do not overcook the vegetables. They should retain its shape

7. Once all the vegetables are cooked, add in the grounded masala paste

8. Saute it for 4-5 mins. Once you see oil oozing out, it means the masalas are also completely done

9. Check for salt and witch off the stove and add the Cooked rice and very gently mix them

10. Garnish the rice with coriander leaves and serve it hot with any raitha

Note:

1. Do not mix the rice with the entire vegetable masala curry prepared. Take a portion of it and keep it aside. As you mix the rice, you can add the vegetable masala as needed

2. The vegetable masala alone tastes great with chapathi , phulka and dosa

3. If you are using basmati rice, while mixing do not use a big ladle, since it tends to break the rice. instead use a fork and mix it gently

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