Name: Easy Vegetable Rice
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 5 people
Ingredients: 2 cups Basmati rice; 1 cup Mixed vegetables (carrots,potato,peas,beans,corn); Ginger (garlic paste - 2 tbsp); 3 nos Cinnamon sticks; 3 nos Bay leaves; 1/2 tsp Cloves; 4 nos Cardomom (crushed); 1 tbsp Mint leaves; 1/2 tsp Shajeera; 1/2 tsp Perinjeerakam (fennel); 2 tbsp Ghee

Easy to make vegetable rice

Cuisine

Kerala

Prep Time

40 minutes

Servings

people

Ingredients

Basmati rice - 2 cups
Mixed vegetables(carrots,potato,peas,beans,corn) - 1 cup
Ginger(garlic paste - 2 tbsp) -
Cinnamon sticks - 3 nos
Bay leaves - 3 nos
Cloves - 1/2 tsp
Cardomom(crushed) - 4 nos
Mint leaves - 1 tbsp
Shajeera - 1/2 tsp
Perinjeerakam(fennel) - 1/2 tsp
Ghee - 2 tbsp

Cuisine

Kerala

Prep Time

40 minutes

Servings

people

Ingredients

Basmati rice - 2 cups
Mixed vegetables(carrots,potato,peas,beans,corn) - 1 cup
Ginger(garlic paste - 2 tbsp) -
Cinnamon sticks - 3 nos
Bay leaves - 3 nos
Cloves - 1/2 tsp
Cardomom(crushed) - 4 nos
Mint leaves - 1 tbsp
Shajeera - 1/2 tsp
Perinjeerakam(fennel) - 1/2 tsp
Ghee - 2 tbsp

Instructions

Soak cinnamon sticks,cloves,bay leaves and cardomom in water for half an hour.
Heat an open pan, add ghee and fry soaked cinnamon/bay leaves/cloves and cardomom.
When it starts to crackle, add ginger-garlic paste and fry for 1 minute.
Add shajeera, fennel seeds and continue frying.
Add mint leaves,mixed vegetables, fry for another minute and switch off the flame.
Soak basmati rice in water for half an hour, drain off water and transfer to a greased pan.
Transfer the fried vegetable mixture to this pan, add 2 cups water for 1 cup rice.
Add required amount salt and cook on medium flame till all the water is absorbed. :-Keep stirring in between to avoid rice from sticking to bottom of the pan.
Transfer cooked vegetable rice to an open tray and garnish with fried raisins/cashew nuts and coriander leaves before serving.
Oven style ------------- 10)Transfer rice and vegetable mixture to greased foil tray or metal tray, cover with aluminium foil and bake at 400F for 1 hour
:-You can also cook the same in pressure cooker or rice cooker
:- Easy Vegetable Rice is ready!!! :- Serve the Easy Vegetable Rice with raita, lime pickle/chicken curry!!!

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