Another weekday quick fix, thats appealing to all senses.. and nutritious too..
Ingredients:
3 Cups Basmati Rice
1 Cup soy chunks
1 Cup green peas(fresh or frozen)
3 carrots (big ones, grated)
1 Tbsp Oil/butter for tempering
4-5 bay leaves
3-4 cloves
3-4 Green chillies (slit length-wise)
2 Tbsp Ginger+garlic paste
2 tsp Shahjeera (Caraway seeds)
4.5 cups of water (to cook rice 1:1.5 ratio)
Salt per taste
Process:
Wash and soak the rice. In a wide pan, heat the oil. Add the bay leaves, cloves and saute. Add caraway seeds, ginger+garlic paste, green chillies and saute again for a few minutes until the aroma of the paste comes out. Add carrot, peas, soy chunks and saute for about 5 minutes. Add salt. Now, drain all water from rice and add the rice.
Mix everything well, carefully. Dump the mixture into the rice cooker and add enough water (1 cup rice : 1.5 cups water for basmati) and cook.
When done, Serve hot as is or with some raitha on the side. It was a yummy, nutritious meal.
Ingredients:
3 Cups Basmati Rice
1 Cup soy chunks
1 Cup green peas(fresh or frozen)
3 carrots (big ones, grated)
1 Tbsp Oil/butter for tempering
4-5 bay leaves
3-4 cloves
3-4 Green chillies (slit length-wise)
2 Tbsp Ginger+garlic paste
2 tsp Shahjeera (Caraway seeds)
4.5 cups of water (to cook rice 1:1.5 ratio)
Salt per taste
Process:
Wash and soak the rice. In a wide pan, heat the oil. Add the bay leaves, cloves and saute. Add caraway seeds, ginger+garlic paste, green chillies and saute again for a few minutes until the aroma of the paste comes out. Add carrot, peas, soy chunks and saute for about 5 minutes. Add salt. Now, drain all water from rice and add the rice.
Mix everything well, carefully. Dump the mixture into the rice cooker and add enough water (1 cup rice : 1.5 cups water for basmati) and cook.
When done, Serve hot as is or with some raitha on the side. It was a yummy, nutritious meal.
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