Capsicum Rice

This rice dish is very easy to prepare with simple ingredients. Looks colorful and delicious. Here is my recipe. 

Ingredients:

Basmati Rice                                     2 cups

Water –                                            2 - 1/4 cup

Red, Orange, Green Bell peppers      Each one (Chop medium size)

Green Peas and Carrot                      1 cup

Chopped Tomato                              2 no (chop medium size pieces)

Green Chilies                                    2 no (Slit lengthy)

Ginger Paste                                     1 tsp

Ghee                                                1 tbsp

Salt                                                  to taste

Masalas:

Cinnamon sticks                               1no

Cardamoms                                     4 nos

Cloves                                             4 nos

Red chili powder                               1 tsp

Turmeric Powder                              1/8 tsp

Fresh Gram masala powder              ¼ tsp

Seasonings:

Ghee                                                 1 tbsp

Raisins                                              1 tbsp

Cashew nuts                                      1tsp

Peanuts                                             1 tbsp (optional)

Decoration

Chopped Cilantro                               1 tsp

Chopped Mint                                    1 tsp (optional) 

Preparation:

• Wash and soak the rice for 35 minutes. Drain it
• Heat the ghee in a wok, add chopped bell peppers, tomatoes, green peas, carrot and ginger paste. Sauté for 3 minutes.
• Now add red chili powder, turmeric powder, gram masala powder.
• Lower the stove heat and fry for 5 to 8 minutes. Keep aside this masala.
• Heat the ghee in wok adds the whole spices when it splutters, add the rice and fry well. Now add the  capsicum masala in it and mix it well.
• Put this rice masala in the rice cooker vessel; add hot water, and salt. Cook it.
• Heat the ghee in a pan and fry the all seasonings and keep aside.
• When rice is cooked add the fried seasonings. Mix with fork, so that the rice retains its shape and does not get smashed.
• Transfer the rice to the plate and decorate with cilantro and mint.
• Serve hot with Raitha