Posted by: Mala D
We Bengalis Love Rice! Lots & lots of it (dieting be damned!) there is always some leftover rice left which gives us an opportunity to make this, everyone's favourite dish"Bhath bhaja".
As Spring is here with it's festival of colour Holi upon us, I thought why make the same fried rice with it's typical mustard/cumin/dry red chillies tempering & the same old veggies. So I made this colourful Mexican-inspired rice. My fussy daughter gave her approval, which is a shorthand for "good"!
Ingredients:
Leftover rice: 500gms
Onion: 1large sliced
Garlic: 7-8 cloves
Coloured bell peppers:
Red,yellow,orange,green:1each,
Carrot: 1,coarsely grated
Green chillies: 3-4,chopped(optional)
Refined oil: 3-4 tbsp
Spring onion: a few green shoots
Salt: to taste
Tomato ketchup: 4 tbsp
Chilli sauce: 3 tbsp
Method:
Heat oil till it's very hot, then temper it with chopped garlic & chopped green chillies. Saute & add sliced onion. Add a little salt & fry till onion is translucent, add grated carrot & mix well. Now mix in the finely chopped bell peppers & fry just a little while. Add tomato ketchup & chilli sauce, mix it all in. Add the heated rice. Mix thoroughly. Check the salt, add more if needed. Garnish with finely chopped greens of spring onion.
Children will love it's sweet & sour taste.
We Bengalis Love Rice! Lots & lots of it (dieting be damned!) there is always some leftover rice left which gives us an opportunity to make this, everyone's favourite dish"Bhath bhaja".
As Spring is here with it's festival of colour Holi upon us, I thought why make the same fried rice with it's typical mustard/cumin/dry red chillies tempering & the same old veggies. So I made this colourful Mexican-inspired rice. My fussy daughter gave her approval, which is a shorthand for "good"!
Leftover rice: 500gms
Onion: 1large sliced
Garlic: 7-8 cloves
Coloured bell peppers:
Red,yellow,orange,green:1each,
Carrot: 1,coarsely grated
Green chillies: 3-4,chopped(optional)
Refined oil: 3-4 tbsp
Spring onion: a few green shoots
Salt: to taste
Tomato ketchup: 4 tbsp
Chilli sauce: 3 tbsp
Method:
Heat oil till it's very hot, then temper it with chopped garlic & chopped green chillies. Saute & add sliced onion. Add a little salt & fry till onion is translucent, add grated carrot & mix well. Now mix in the finely chopped bell peppers & fry just a little while. Add tomato ketchup & chilli sauce, mix it all in. Add the heated rice. Mix thoroughly. Check the salt, add more if needed. Garnish with finely chopped greens of spring onion.
Children will love it's sweet & sour taste.
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