Cooking Coriander Rice

Just because it is the time of summer vacation and kids want something different to eat every day, here is a simple recipe that is bound to tickle the taste buds of your little ones and not so little ones in the family.

PS: This is personally tasted by us as one of our writers brought this as a treat for all us hungry hippos of the department. Spoon licking good!!!!!

Ingredients

• Onion – 2 mediums or 1 large (half in cubes and half in thin slices)
• Cloves – 8
• Pepper – ½ tsp
• Cinnamon – 1 inch
• Chili – 2
• Coriander – handful
• Ghee – 1 tbsp
• Bay leaf – 1
• Cashew – 10
• Ginger garlic paste – 1 tsp
• Tomato – half – finely chopped
• Beans – 5 chopped
• Carrot – 1/4 chopped
• Capsicum 1/4 finely chopped
• Peas – 2 tbsp
• Salt – as per taste
• Rice – cooked – 3 cups

Process

• Blend the cubed onion, cloves, pepper, cinnamon, chili, coriander to make a smooth paste
• In a wok add ghee and bay leaf.
• Once heated, add the cashew and roast till golden.
• Add the remaining sliced onion and sauté well.
• Add the ginger garlic paste and sauté well.
• Add the tomato and sauté till mixed properly
• Add the beans, carrot, capsicum and peas and mix them well and sauté for a minute
• Add the masala paste with this and salt to taste. Sauté well.
• Cover and cook for approx. 5 mins
• Add the cooked rice and mix gently.
• Cover and simmer for approx. 5 mins

Serve hot with vegetable raita…