Coconut and Vegetable Rice Recipe

Twitter

Facebook

Google +

Pinterest

0 0

Prep Time 15 Minutes

Cooking Time 20 Minutes

Servings 2-3

Rating

Coconut and Vegetable Rice is easy to cook rice dish that is prepared with coconut milk, rice, and vegetable. This is simple one pot meal and is ideal for weekend dinner. It tastes best when served hot with any side dish or just like that.

Ingredients

3/4 cupcoconut milk (nariyal ka doodh)
1/4 cupdiagonally cut and blanched french beans
1/4 cupboiled green peas
1/4 cupsliced and boiled baby corn
3 cupscooked long grained rice (basmati)
1/2 tspcornflour
1 tbspoil
1 tspgarlic (lehsun) paste
1 tbspred chili paste
1 tbspfinely chopped fresh basil
1/2 tsplemon rind
Saltto taste

For the Rice

1 1/2 cupslong grained rice (basmati)
2 tbspoil
1 tspsalt

Directions

For Cooking the rice

Wash the rice thoroughly and soak the rice in 3 cups of water for 30 minutes and drain the water from the rice and keep it aside.
In a deep pan add 6 to 8 cups of water, salt and 1 tablespoon of oil and add the rice to the boiling water and cook till the rice is 85% cooked.
Pour into a colander (perforated vessel) and pour some cold water on the rice to stop further cooking.
Add the 1 tablespoon of oil and gently mix it and keep it aside.

How to Proceed

In a bowl add cornflour and coconut milk and mix it well keep it aside and keep it aside.
Heat oil in a broad non-stick pan, add garlic paste and red chili paste and fry on a medium flame for 1 minute.
Add the coconut milk-cornflour mixture, french beans, green peas, baby corn, chopped basil leaves, lemon rind and salt, mix it well and cook on a medium flame for 2 to 3 minutes and stir occasionally.
Add the cooked rice, mix it well and cook on a medium flame for 2 minutes and stir occasionally.
Serve it hot with any side dish and relish it.

Meghna Nath