South Indian Style Vegetable Rice Recipe
Vegetable rice a simple and easy to make rice variety. This rice has a balance of nutrients along with rice and vegetables making it more delicious and healthy. Unlike our conventional veg fried rice or veg pulao, this vegetable rice is unique because of the freshly ground spice mix added to this rice. The spice powder adds a distinct flavor to this rice.
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 180kcal
Equipment
- Heavy Bottomed Pan
Ingredients
- 2 Cups Cooked Rice 1 Cup - 250ml
- ¼ Cup Carrot Chopped
- ¼ Cup Green Capsicum Chopped
- ¼ Cup Beans Chopped
- ¼ Cup Potato Chopped
- ¼ Cup Cauliflower Florets Chopped
- ¼ Cup Green Peas
- 1 Onion Chopped
- 2 teaspoon Salt Adjust as needed
For Grinding
- 1 teaspoon Oil
- 2 teaspoon Split Bengal Gram (Channa Dal / Kadalaparuppu)
- 2 teaspoon Urad Dal
- 2 teaspoon Coriander seeds
- 3 Red Chili
- 1 tablespoon Peanuts
- 1 teaspoon Peppercorns
For Tempering
- 3 tablespoon Oil
- 1 teaspoon Mustard seeds
- Few Curry
Instructions
- Heat 3 tablespoon of oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds and allow it to sputter. Then add curry leaves and give a mix.
- Next, add the chopped onions and sauté the onions till its translucent.
- When the onions are sautéed well, then add the chopped vegetables to the pan.
- Stir-fry the veggies for a minute. Then add salt and give a good mix.
- Now close the pan with a lid and allow the veggies to get cooked.
Preparing Spice Powder
- While the veggies are getting cooked, heat a teaspoon of oil in a pan. Add chana dal, urad dal, coriander seeds, red chili, pepper and peanuts.
- Fry all the ingredients in medium flame till the dal turns light golden brown.
- Allow the fried ingredients to cool off completely. Grind it to coarse powder.
Finishing Vegetable rice
- When the vegetables are cooked completely, add the ground spice mix to the pan.
- Also add the cooked rice and adjust the salt.
- Mix the rice gently with the vegetables and spice powder.
- Finally garnish with coriander leaves.
Serving
- Relish this delicious Vegetable Rice with papad or any Potato kara curry!
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Nutrition
Serving: 0.5Cup | Calories: 180kcal | Carbohydrates: 34g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 1g