Pepper Vegetable Rice

India is country of Vegetarians and cooking Rice with Vegetables is part of Indian Cuisine since hundreds of years. This delicious dish is famous as Pulaw and it remains the most popular rice dish that being loved and relished by everyone in India. As we know that India is vast country and every region has its own way of cooking dishes based on the taste of people, so there is no exception for this dish too as it has been passed through many experimentation by using different cooking techniques with change of ingredients. Hence there are quite a few variations are available these days. Here is the recipe of one of such variation…

Ingredients:

·         Basmati Rice/ Scented Rice – 100 gms

·         Cauliflower – ¼ size

·         Carrot – ½ size

·         Green Capsicum – ½ size

·         Yellow Capsicum – ½ size

·         White Onion – 2 (Medium)

·         Green Peas – ½ Cup

·         Green Chili – 2 (Slit)

·         Tomato – 1 (Medium)

·         Black Pepper Corn – 10 grms

·         Garlic (Chopped) – 4

·         Garlic (Sliced) - 2

·         Turmeric Powder – ¼ tsp

·         Salt as per taste

·         Cooking Oil / Ghee – 2 tbsp

·         Water – 2 cups

·         Cilantro Leaves (Chopped) – ½ bunch

Preparation Method:

Ø  Cut Cauliflower into florets & Onions into quarter.

Ø  Deseed and Cut Capsicums, Carrot & Tomato into diced shape.

Ø  Soak the Black Pepper Corns for 10 minutes and make a coarse paste.

Ø  Heat Oil in a Pan and add Slit Green Chili, Chopped Garlic and sauté for a minute.

Ø  Add sliced Onion & Black Pepper Paste and sauté for 2 mins.

Ø  Add cut Vegetables along with Green Peas & cook for 5 mins. Then add Rice & mix well.

Ø  Now add Water, Salt, Turmeric Powder, Tomato, Sliced Garlic & Chopped Cilantro Leaves & finally put the mixture in a Rice Cooker and cook till the Rice is done.

Ø  Now the “Pepper Vegetable Rice” is ready.