Capsicum Rice

8:40 PM Chandra Karthikeyan 0 Comments

Ingredients:
Rice:

• Basmati rice - 1 cup
• Water for cooking rice
• Lemon juice - 1/2 tsp
• Ghee - 1 tsp
• Salt as required

Masala to Grind:

• Red chilli - 3
• Grated coconut -2
• Coriander seed - 1 tsp
• Urad dal  -  1/2 tsp
• Channa dal - 1/2 tsp
• Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
• Pepper - 1/2 tsp

Other ingredients:

• Capsicum -2
• Onion - 1
• Cinnamon Stick -1

Method:

• Saute everything given under "Masala to Grind" in 1 tsp oil and grind it nicely.
• Cook rice with enough water and salt, add lemon juice and ghee while cooking so that rice won't stick.
• Heat a tsp of oil in a pan, add cinnamon stick and chopped onion, saute till onion becomes translucent, add capsicum and saute till it becomes soft, add ground masala and required salt. Saute and mix everything nicely. Finally add rice, mix rice with capsicum masala, just be careful not to break rice.
• Capsicum rice taste wonderful, best lunch box recipe, goes very well with papad.