Vegetable Masala Rice

Ingredients for Vegetable Masala Rice:

1. Kaima rice – 1 kg

2. Salt – As required

3. Coconut oil – 2 big spoons

    Ghee – 2 big spoons

4. Cloves – 4

5. Onions sliced – 4

6. Carrot finely chopped – ¾ cup

    Beans chopped – 1 cup

    Green chillies – 2, split into two

    Cauliflower florets – 2 cup

7. Turmeric powder – ¼ small spoon

    Water – As required

8. Garam masala powder – 1 small spoon

    Crushed cumin seeds and pepper – ½ small spoon

9. Soya chunks fried – ¼ cup

    Curry leaves fried – 2 stalks

    Coriander leaves and pudina leaves chopped – ½ cup

How to prepare Vegetable Masala Rice?

1. Add salt to rice and cook till ¾ done.

2. Heat ghee and oil in a big pan and splutter cloves.

3. Then add onions and sauté it till it’s done.

4. Now add ingredients no: 6 to it and sauté again.

5. Once fully sauteed, add turmeric powder and enough water and cook the ingredients with lid closed.

6. When water content is fully absorbed, add ingredients no: 8 and mix well.

7. Put the flame off and add cooked rice and mix well.

8. Finally add ingredients no: 9, mix well and now your biryani is ready to serve.

Courtesy: Vanitha Magazine June 15-30, 2017

Masala Vegetable Rice (Recipe 2)

Ingredients for Masala Vegetable Rice (Recipe 2):

1. Basmati rice – 1 cup

2. Ghee – 1 big spoon

3. Onion (chopped fine) – 1

    Green chillies, chopped fine – 3

    Ginger chopped fine – ½ small spoon

    Garlic chopped fine – ½ small spoon

4. Coriander powder – ½ small spoon

    Masala powder – ½ small spoon

5. Carrot chopped fine – ¼ cup

    Beans chopped fine – ¼ cup

6. Mint leaves – A little

7. Salt – As required

    Boiled water – 1.5 cups

How to prepare Masala Vegetable Rice (Recipe 2)?

1. Wash rice and keep aside.

2. Heat ghee in a cooker and saute ingredients no: 2.

3. Add ingredients no: 3 and stir well.

4. Add coriander powder and masala powder.

5. When masala smell comes out, add chopped beans and carrot.

6. Add rice and mint leaves, and mix well.

7. Add salt and boiling water, and close the cooker lid.

8. After 1 whistle comes out, put off the flame.

9. Open after 10 minutes and serve hot.

Courtesy: Vanitha Magazine February 1-14, 2010

Note: If you are interested in non-vegetarian dishes, you can add chicken pieces cooked with salt and pepper. Add it along with rice, before closing the lid of pressure cooker.

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