Friday, November 28, 2008

Easy Tasty & Healthy

Chitrana- a mixed vegetable rice




Ingredients

  • Basmati rice-2 cups
  • mixed vegetables-1 cup
  • (carrots,beans,peas,cabbage)
  • Oil-2 tablespoon
  • Urdu dal-i teaspoon
  • Onion -1
  • Green chillies-2
  • Garam masala-1/4 teaspoon
  • Ghee-1 spoon
  • Cashewnuts-a handful
  • Salt-a pinch

Method of preparation

  1. Bring to boil 2 cups of water in a suitable vessel(preferably pressure cooker)
  2. add a pinch of turmeric powder &salt to it
  3. Add the rice to it &cook on a low flame.
  4. Meanwhile pour oil to a pan,add the urdu dal ,onion & green chillies one by one
  5. Add the vegetables to the pan &cook it for 5 minutes
  6. Once the rice is cooked add the cooked vegetables to it &mix well.
  7. Add ghee to a hot pan &fry the cashewnuts
  8. Add the cashewnuts along with the ghee to the vegetable rice
  9. Add the garam masala
  10. Serve hot with salad &pappad




ENJOY!!

and please let me know how you went on...:))

10 comments:

scorpiogenius said...

mmmmmm...yummy looking...:)

Keshi said...

why dun u email me some of this yummy rice ha Mirage? ;-)

Keshi.

Devika Jyothi said...

I make this one...but avoid the dal..

and likes it with mutton :)

i am not too health conscious, my husband too...just go by the taste...and have less..is our policy to health..

wishes,
devika

dEEPs said...

seems yummy taste it has.
serve for me also na :)

krystyna said...

Really healthy and yummy!
Thanks!

Ferox Magister said...

Cool !! Simple & Easy

Sameera Ansari said...

Looks so yummy,should taste yummier :)

ishqia said...

hey u have to drain the rice after it cooks or.. ur make the rice absorb the water.. big doubt??

Sapna Anu B.George said...

good food and yammy too , good to greet you and meet you here

ishqia said...

but .. wont the rice become 2 hard that way..