Name: Easy Vegetable Rice
Prep time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
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 Vegetable Rice

Easy to make vegetable rice

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Prep Time 40

Total Time 40

Cuisine Kerala

Servings 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

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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Easy Vegetable Rice