Extra Veggies Rice!

Hi Everyone,

So here’s a recipe of this rice that i love to make when I’m away from home.  Its a very basic one and uses only salt as seasoning.  I love vegetables and its a great way to eat some. Its a very healthy option in case you are trying to control your carbs too…..:) i sure am :). So here goes. Its no great shakes but it sure tastes good.

Ingredients:

Carrots – 3 to 4

Beans – 1/4 kg

Baby Corn – 5 to 6 kernels

Sweet Corn – generously 🙂 (i love it when they pop while i chew on them – crunchy factor)

Mushrooms – 6 to 8 medium sized buttons

Ginger – 2 tbsp

Red Onion – 1 medium sized

Green Chillies – 2 nos.

Cooking Oil – 2 tbsp

Rice – 1 small cup

You can also add the following if you like:

Cauliflower / Broccoli / Potato

To Prepare:

1. Chop the beans, carrots, baby corn and mushrooms in similar sized pieces.  Not too small. Also, finely chop the ginger and onion.

2. In a dry wok (kadhai), saute the mushrooms to dry up all the water so that they don’t make the other vegetables soggy during the stir fry.

3. Remove the mushrooms and add the oil. Once heated, add finely chopped ginger and green chillies and stir lightly until tender brown. This would take about 2 minutes.

4. Add the finely chopped onions and simmer for a while, stirring occasionally until the onion is light golden brown.

5. Now thrown in all the chopped vegetables and add salt to taste. Stir fry until beans and carrots are almost done. The baby corn and sweet corn get done quickly and the mushrooms were already sauteed. So this wont take more than 7 to 10 minutes.

6. When the veggies are almost done, add the washed rice and add enough water so that all the contents are immersed – like in the picture below. You may want to add some more salt at this point as per your own taste.

7. Now let it boil on a high flame until the excess water evaporates and its bubbling at the same level as the veggies. Turn the flame to a minimum and cover the kadhai. It should get done in 5 to 7 minutes.

8. Team it up with some meethi mango chutney or dhania chutney and curd and ENJOY!!!

Ideally I would use 1/4th the cup of rice – but that serves only one. This recipe serves 3. 🙂

Bon Apetite!!!