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11.12.2008

Try Masala Capsicum Rice for Thanksgiving

Do you want an Indian recipe for this Thanksgiving? And do you want it to be vegetarian? if Yes, you ought to try this Masala capsicum rice recipe. I have seen many recipes for capsicum rice. But this one is the winner. If you are person who loves to eat rice, you will love this recipe.

Capsicum Rice for Thanksgiving

This is perfect for a Thanksgiving lunch or dinner. The best part is, you can eat this without any side dish and it still tastes awesome. I loved it and I suggest you to give it a try sometime.

Ingredients:

1 cup cooked Basmati rice
1 cup capsicum (red,yellow, green) - what the heck? make your rice colorful!
1 tbspn of ghee (clarified Butter)
1/4 cup onions chopped lengthwise
Salt to taste

To dry roast and grind:

2 whole red chilli
1 tsp mustard seeds
2 tsp cum seeds
2 tsp coriander seeds
1 tbspn peanuts
few curry leaves
2 tsp urad dal

Capsicum Rice for Thanksgiving

Method:

In a pan, dry roast the ingredients mentioned.

Allow it to cool and the blend it to a coarse powder.

Meanwhile cook the basmati rice.

In a pan, add ghee and saute the onions.

Add the capsicums and saute. Cook until the capsicums are half cooked.

Now add the coarsely ground powder and mix well.

Take this mixture and mix well with the rice.

Garnish it with cilantro before serving. Serve hot in a capsicum bowl!

I am sending this to Srivalli's Rice Mela and Mansi's Vegetarian Thanksgiving.

6 comments:

hey lovely. beautiful and diffrnt presentation. Easy to make also.

U must have something for this so come and chek out in my blog dear.

that yellow pepper looks delicious Sangeeth! and I love the peanuts in the filling:) thanks for sending me a lovely entry for the event girl!!:)

Nice presentation!..thanks for the entry!

that's a fabulous looking stuffed capsicum!! beautiful...must try it out

Hey it is lovely recipe. I hope you got the price. Great one. Presenting rice in different form is too nice and its different. Hey if you are participating in different forum. Then try new types of recipe. I have here one platform. To know more. Clickrecipe.