Today is the last day of the marathon and I can’t believe it is already over! When we started the marathon, I had second thoughts of the theme I picked and to my surprise, of all the themes I have done so far during the marathons, I enjoyed this the most. Also, to this edition of the marathon there is a twist. All the members of the marathon were paired and on the last day, we need to cook a recipe from our partner’s blog, sticking to our theme. I was paired with Aarthi and I made Mexican Rice/Spanish Rice from her blog. I made this for lunch and it came out very good. I made one and half times the recipe and made minor changes to the ingredient list, with out tweaking it too much. I followed the recipe to the most part and it came out awesome!
I am sticking to my theme and am not posting the recipe now. I will only post step by step pictorial preparation. I will update the recipe very soon.
Source: Aarthi
Total Time: 25 – 30 minutes
Preparation: 5 – 10 minutes
Cooking Time: 20 – 25 minutes
Serves: 2-3
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Ingredients:
- 1 ½ – 2 tbsp. Oil
- 1 ½ tsp. Cumin Seeds
- 1 small Onion sliced
- 4 Green Chilies cut into two
- 2 tbsp. crushed Garlic
- 1 small Green Bell Pepper diced
- ½ – ¾ cup Green Peas (I used frozen)
- ⅓ – ½ cup Sweet Corn (I used frozen)
- 1 ½ cup Basmati Rice (can use any long grain rice)
- 1 medium sized Tomato diced or 1 cup diced Tomatoes
- 1 tsp. Chili Powder (adjust to taste)
- Salt to taste
- 2 ¾ – 3 cups Vegetable Stock or water
- Cilantro to garnish
Preparation:
- Crush garlic and cut the green chilies. Wash the rice and soak it in water.
- Slice onions, dice tomatoes and bell peppers.
- Heat oil in a pan and add cumin.
- When cumin is lightly roasted in the oil, add sliced onion and sauté for couple of minutes.
- Add bell peppers, garlic, green chilies and sauté for another couple of minutes.
- Add sweet corn, green peas and saute for a minute or two.
- Add washed rice and mix well.
- Add tomatoes, chili powder and salt. Mix well and cook for a minute or two until tomatoes are lightly roasted.
- Add vegetable stock or water and give it a good stir.
- Cover and cook the rice.
- Once the water comes to a boil, stir once and reduce the heat to medium.
- Cover the pot and cook until rice is cooked.
- Sprinkle cilantro and serve hot.
harini-jaya says
Good one.. I think just labeling the ingredients is sufficient to get an understanding of how the dish has been prepared. Actually I feel the pictures are self explanatory. Don’t you think?
Aarthi says
wow this looks so good..
Aarthi says
wow this looks so good..i know it tasted the same
Priya says
Definitely a flavourful rice to enjoy without any hesitation..Enjoyed all ur recipe less picture post Usha, u did a wonderful job dear..
Vardhini says
Yummy .. lovely Usha. Easy to follow with the pictures.
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Suman Singh says
Delicious and flavorful rice dish..I love this kind of one pot meal..
vaishali says
well done!!…neat cool post…absolutely no need for the recipe:)…cheers!!
Jayashree says
Looks good.
Priya (Yallapantula) Mitharwal says
That looks perfect dear, love this one. Even I need to try this recipe of Aarthi 🙂
Suma Gandlur says
This one doesn’t even need a recipe. Most of your dishes in this marathon only need the ingredients’ measurements. 🙂
rekha says
Perfect I agree with suma fantastic post..
SouthIndianRecipes says
Delicious and yummy rice
Sushma Mallya says
Looks so delicious, lovely post!
suchitra says
woow well presented usha..looks yummy!!