This recipe can be prepared with left over rice also. Vegetables can be cooked in microwave. Cut the vegetables into small pieces, sprinkle a handful of water and microwave it for one to two seconds. Capsicum need not be cooked.
You can also make this rice in microwave oven itself. First cook the vegetables in microwave as above. In another microwave proof vessel, put the oil (you can also use butter instead of oil) and add mustard, cinnamon, cloves and microwave it for half minute. Then add chopped onion and microwave it for few more seconds. Take out the vessel and add all the others ingredients including cooked rice and mix well. Microwave it for one to two seconds or according to your microwave power setting.
When you are doing it in a microwave, you can omit mustard, because sometimes if the mustard is over fried, it will give bitter taste.
Vegetable Rice
4
servings30
minutes40
minutesA flavored rice recipe made with mixed vegetables and left over rice.
Ingredients
Cooked Rice – 1 medium size bowl
Mixed vegetable (Carrot, Green Peas and Beans) half cooked – 1 cup
Capsicum cut into small pieces – 1/2 cup
Onion – 1 No chopped finely
Green chilli – 4 Nos chopped finely
Bengal gram dhal – 1 teaspoon
Turmeric powder – a pinch
Oil – 4 or 5 teaspoons
Mustard – Half teaspoon
Cinnamon Stick – a small piece
Cloves – 2
Cashew nut – 1 tablespoon
Curry leaves – few
Salt – 1 teaspoon or as per taste
Directions
- In a kadai add the oil and when it is hot add cinnamon stick, cloves and mustard. When it pops up, add Bengal gram dhal and fry till it turns light brown.
- Add cashew nuts, chillies and curry leaves and fry for a while.
- Then add onion and fry till it become transparent.
- Now add capsicum pieces and fry for two/three minutes on low flame.
- Add cooked vegetables, turmeric powder and salt. Mix well.
- Add cooked rice to this and mix gently.