Recipes
Beetroot Rice Recipe
Prep Time | 10 minutes |
Cook Time | 25 minutes |
Servings |
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Ingredients
- 2 cups basmathi rice
- 3.5 cups Water
- 1.5 tbsp. oil or as needed
- 1 strand of mace / javithri
- 6 Cloves
- 1- inch cinnamon stick
- 1 small star anise optional
- tsp ½ to ¾shahi jeera or jeera cumin
- 1 small bay leaf
- 2 tsp green chilies or ½red chili powder slit, optional
- 1 ½ ginger garlic paste
- tsp ⅛turmeric
- ½ green peas
- 1 cup medium beetroot 1chopped small
- cup ½ to ¾potato optional
- fistful coriander and mint / pudina
- Salt + as needed
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Instructions
- Wash, soak rice for at least 30 minutes.
- Saute spices in hot oil and then fry the chilli, onions till golden.
- Fry ginger garlic paste until the raw smell vanishes.
- Add veggies and fry for 2 minutes.
- Add water and enough salt.
- When the water begins to boil, add drained rice and cook until done. Towards the end when the water is almost evaporated, cover and cook until done.
- If cooking in a pressure cooker, when the water is almost evaporated, cover with the lid and simmer for 4 to 5 minutes. Switch off before the cooker whistles.
- Fluff up the rice gently and serve with a raita.