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    Home » Recipes » Bell Pepper

    Published: Jun 22, 2011 · Modified: Dec 27, 2019 by Usha Rao

    Mexican Rice ~ Spanish Rice

    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.

    Mexican Rice, Spanish Rice

    Source: Aarthi
    Total Time: 25 - 30 minutes
    Preparation: 5 - 10 minutes
    Cooking Time: 20 - 25 minutes
    Serves: 2-3

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    Updated July 11, 2011 (The quantities given below are approximate measures.)
    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:

    1. Crush garlic and cut the green chilies. Wash the rice and soak it in water.
    2. Slice onions, dice tomatoes and bell peppers.
    3. Heat oil in a pan and add cumin.
    4. When cumin is lightly roasted in the oil, add sliced onion and sauté for couple of minutes.
    5. Add bell peppers, garlic, green chilies and sauté for another couple of minutes.
    6. Add sweet corn, green peas and saute for a minute or two.
    7. Add washed rice and mix well.
    8. Add tomatoes, chili powder and salt. Mix well and cook for a minute or two until tomatoes are lightly roasted.
    9. Add vegetable stock or water and give it a good stir.
    10. Cover and cook the rice.
    11. Once the water comes to a boil, stir once and reduce the heat to medium.
    12. Cover the pot and cook until rice is cooked.
    13. Sprinkle cilantro and serve hot.

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    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. suchitra says

      June 28, 2011 at 11:43 am

      woow well presented usha..looks yummy!!

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    2. Sushma Mallya says

      June 24, 2011 at 5:14 am

      Looks so delicious, lovely post!

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    3. SouthIndianRecipes says

      June 23, 2011 at 11:30 pm

      Delicious and yummy rice

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    4. rekha says

      June 23, 2011 at 10:43 pm

      Perfect I agree with suma fantastic post..

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    5. Suma Gandlur says

      June 23, 2011 at 5:05 pm

      This one doesn't even need a recipe. Most of your dishes in this marathon only need the ingredients' measurements. 🙂

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    6. Priya (Yallapantula) Mitharwal says

      June 23, 2011 at 10:57 am

      That looks perfect dear, love this one. Even I need to try this recipe of Aarthi 🙂

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    7. Jayashree says

      June 23, 2011 at 8:12 am

      Looks good.

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    8. vaishali says

      June 23, 2011 at 7:43 am

      well done!!...neat cool post...absolutely no need for the recipe:)...cheers!!

      Reply
    9. Suman Singh says

      June 23, 2011 at 6:26 am

      Delicious and flavorful rice dish..I love this kind of one pot meal..

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    10. Vardhini says

      June 23, 2011 at 3:01 am

      Yummy .. lovely Usha. Easy to follow with the pictures.

      Vardhini
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    11. Priya says

      June 23, 2011 at 2:49 am

      Definitely a flavourful rice to enjoy without any hesitation..Enjoyed all ur recipe less picture post Usha, u did a wonderful job dear..

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    12. Aarthi says

      June 23, 2011 at 12:02 am

      wow this looks so good..i know it tasted the same

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    13. Aarthi says

      June 23, 2011 at 12:02 am

      wow this looks so good..

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    14. harini-jaya says

      June 22, 2011 at 10:42 pm

      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?

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