As I mentioned in my last post, I am beginning to fall in love vangibath powder. I made this powder few days ago and used it in to prepare flavored brown rice. The outcome was one delicious brown rice! I actually made it for lunch last Thursday and loved it a lot. I wanted U to taste and kept some rice aside for him. He too loved and it was our dinner Friday and Saturday. I used 3:1 ratio brown & white rice.
Total Time: 1 hour - 1 hour 10 minutes (includes 30 minutes for soaking)
Soaking Time: 30 minutes
Cooking Time: 30 - 40 minutes
Serves: 1 ½ - 2
Note: Measuring cup used here is the one that comes with the rice cooker
Ingredients:
- ¾ cup Brown Basmati Rice
- ¼ cup White Basmati Rice
- 2 cups Water
- 1 ¼ tbsp. Oil
- ½ small-medium sized Onion Sliced
- 3 Green Chilies
- ¼ tsp. Fenugreek Powder
- 1 tbsp. Garlic crushed
- ½ - 1 tsp. Coriander Powder
- Turmeric
- ½ tsp. Salt (adjust to taste)
- 2 - 3 tsp. Vangibath Powder
- Cilantro to garnish
Note: Measuring cup used here is the one that comes with rice cooker
Preparation:
- In a rice cooker, wash and soak both the rice for 30 minutes with 2 cups of water mentioned in the ingredients list.
- Turn on the rice cooker. While the rice cooks, make the tempering and add it to the rice, 10 – 15 minutes into cooking.
- For the tempering, take oil a pan. When the oil is hot, add the onions and sauté it until light golden brown.
- Add the green chilies and sauté for a minute.
- Add garlic, coriander power, turmeric and salt and sauté until the spices and garlic are roasted. Turn of the heat. Tempering takes no more than 5 – 6 minutes.
- 10 – 15 minutes into cooking, that is after turning on the rice cooker, add the tempering to the cooking rice. Add vangibath powder and mix well so that all the spices are mixed well.
- Cover the cooker and continue to cook until done. Ten minutes after the cooker shuts off, add the cilantro and mix well.
- Serve hot with your favorite curry.
Jai says
wow.. for several days i have been thinking how i can use brown rice !!? and this looks delicious.. iam going to try this and if it comes out well i am going to share this as prasadam to all my friends during sai baba pooja !! Thanks a lot for sharing .. i really appreciate it !!
torviewtoronto says
thank you for linking this delicious looking brown rice
Sadhana says
This looks so delicious. First time here and love your blog.
Kay says
thank you for the recipe, it sounds delicious and looks great, so I can't wait to actually taste it!
but what type of cooker are you using? looks like yours is a smaller size (I have this panasonic jumbo so it gets a little confusing when I try the recipes I pick up) how would you change the recipe to a family size?
MySpicyKitchen says
I used a 3 cup panasonic cooker which is perfect for a family of two. You just have to double or triple the quantities based on count of your family. If you are making it for 8 -10 people, I would use 3 3/4 cup of brown rice and 1 1/4 cup of white rice. The ratio I used is 3:1 brown rice to white rice. The rest of the ingredients add 5 times the mentioned quantities. This should easily serve 8 people and you will have some left overs. I hope this helps.
Malar Gandhi says
Very healthy choice, love the flavor.
sharmi says
very nice recipe and make me hungry!
sushma says
Looks yummy...love the methi flavour:)
Suma Gandlur says
Interesting dish. I have never tried adding vangibhath powder to rice without veggies. Have to try this.
Suman Singh says
healthy and delicious rice dish..looks yummy!
Priya says
Wat a healthy,filling and delicious rice, using brown rice sounds very interesting..
chitra says
Must be delicious.. healthy too..