Vegetable Rice

This is one of the Dish I made this weekend.I served it with Butter chicken Masala.Its a kind of Healthy Dish,because it has lot of vegetables in it.Fried Rice is Traditionally a Chinese Dish,But I made it with an Indian Twist by adding  indian Spices…but the real chinese version does not include those garam masala ingrediants,Probably I will make that one day and post that too…Ok this is a Indian Style Fried Rice or IndoChinese Fried Rice,Just try it and let me know what you think… 

Ingrediants: 

Basmati Rice-2 cup

Carrot-1 chopped

Beans-5 chopped

Cauliflower-10 florets

Capsicum-1/2 chopped

Frozen Peas-1 cup

Green chilli-4 slitted

Ginger Garlic paste-1 tblspn

Cumin seeds-1 tsp

Cinnamon-1 inch piece

Cardamom-4

Cloves-2

Bay leaves-1

Milk-1 cup

Salt to taste

Peppar-1 tsp

Ajinomoto-2 tsp

Soya sauce-2 tsp

Oil-1 tblspn

Ghee-2 tblspn

Coriander leaves-for garnishing

Method:

Soak your rice for 30 min,Drain and keep it aside.

In a pressure cooker add oil+Ghee and heat it up,Crackle some cumin seeds and all the garam masala ingrediants for 30 sec.

Add in the Onion,Ginger Garlic paste,Green chilli and saute till translucent.Add in all the Vegetables and saute till raw smell of the veggies are gone.Add in the Ajinomoto and mix well.

Add in the Rice with 31/2 cups of water and 1 cup of milk.

Season with some salt and Peppar and also add in some soya sauce.Let this come to a boil,cover and let it simmer for 10-15 min(or cook for 2 whistle,after that let it simmer for 5 min and then switch off the gas and let the steam all go by itself)

Garnish with Fresh coriander leaves and serve with your favorite  side dish.

Hint:

You could use any vegetables(Sweet corn,baby corn…).But don’t use Beetroot,because it changes the entire colour of the fried rice.