Tasty Vegetable and Cheese Rice Recipe

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Prep Time 25 Minutes

Cooking Time 10 Minutes

Servings 4-6

Rating

Bored of eating plain rice, want to have a change from regular rice dish? Then try this Vegetable and Cheese Rice. It is a flavorful, mouth-watering one pot rice dish which is perfect for weeknight dinner. This dish is very tempting, colorful and flavorful. This dish is perfect for your kids, as it is loaded with nutrients. You can relish the easy and tasty dish with any side dish or can serve it just like that.

Ingredients

5garlic (lehsun) cloves
1/2 cupfinely chopped onions
1/4 cupfinely chopped french beans
1/4 cupboiled and peeled potato cubes
1/4 cupboiled carrot cubes
1/4 cupboiled green peas
1/2 cupcapsicum slices
1/4 cupgrated processed cheese
3 cupscooked rice (chawal)
2 tbspOil
3whole dry Kashmiri red chilies, broken into pieces
1/4 cupdeseeded tomato cubes
2 tbspwhisked curd (dahi)
To tasteSalt

For cooking the rice

1 1/4 cupsraw rice (chawal)
1 tbspOil
To tasteSalt

Directions

For cooking the rice

In a bowl, soak the rice in 3 cups of water for 30 minutes and then drain the water from it and keep it aside.
In a deep pan, add enough water, 1 tbsp of oil and salt and then add the rice to the boiling water and cook till the rice is 90% cooked.
Switch off the flame and drain the water from the rice and keep it aside.

How to proceed

Heat a non-stick tawa (griddle) and dry roast the red chilies on a medium flame for 1 to 2 minutes and switch off the flame.
In a blender, add the roasted red chilies, garlic and 2 tbsp of water and blend to a smooth paste and keep it aside.
Heat the oil in a broad non-stick pan, add the onions and fry on a medium flame for 1 minute.
Add the red chili-garlic paste and saute on a medium flame for 1 minute.
Add the french beans, potatoes, carrots, green peas and capsicum, mix well and fry on a medium flame for 2 to 3 minutes, while stirring occasionally.
Add the tomatoes, mix it nicely and cook on a medium flame for 1 minute.
Add the cooked rice, curd and salt, mix it nicely and cook on a low flame for 2 minutes and switch off the flame and add the cheese and mix it nicely and serve it hot.

By Meghna Nath