Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Capsicum pulao


Ingredients

  • Capsicum - 3 (different colors goes well) - cut square shaped
  • Pepper powder - 1/2 tsp
  • Briyani Rice - 2.5 cups
  • Oil - 2 tsp
  • Ghee - 1 tsp
  • Onion - 1 chopped finely
  • Green Chillies - 2 to 3 (cut lengthwise) 
  • Ginger - Garlic paste - 1 tsp
  • Peas - 1/2 cup (optional)
  • Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
  • Water - 4 cups
  • Salt - as per taste
  • Turmeric - a pinch (optional)


Method

  • Wash and soak the rice. 
  • In a heavy bottomed pan, add 1 tsp of oil, capsicums and fry nicely.
  • Add the pepper powder, salt and turmeric.
  • Sprinkle some water, till the capsicum gets cooked. (It should be little crunchy and do not cook to soft).
  • Keep it aside.

  • In the same pan, add 1 tsp oil, and add ginger garlic paste, green chillies and onion.
  • Saute them well, till the onion becomes soft.
  • Add peas and sprinkle some water again so that peas gets half cooked.
  • Meanwhile, drain the soaked rice and add it.
  • Add 1 tsp of oil and fry the rice for few min.
  • Add 3.5 cups of water and salt.
  • Allow to boil, and check the seasoning and close the lid.
  • Let it cook for 7 to 10 min. by keeping the flame in sim.
  • When the rice gets cooked, add the capsicum and 1 tsp ghee and mix well.
  • Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot with any raitha or any manchurian dishes.




Note: 
1. Green chillies can be adjusted according to taste, as we are adding pepper also.
2. Some more veggies (carrot, cauliflower etc..) can also be added to it.
3. Try to soak the rice for nearly 15 to 20 min.

28 lovely comments:

Raks

Love the simplicity of the recipe,perfectly cooked rice!

Chitra

looks so good!!!

Priya Sreeram

love the rainbow colours on the pulao, simple n very very yummy looking; very inviting

Reshmi Mahesh

Colourful and delicious pulao...

aipi

Love this very much- looks so colorful..
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Vimitha Durai

Looks colorful and yummm....

Nandita SS

Oh what a colourful pulao. The bell peppers in the rice are just standing out :)

Suja Manoj

Flavorful and colorful pulao.

Shabitha Karthikeyan

Lovely rice with all the colors and flavors.

Swarnavalli Suresh

nice colourful and delicious pulao

Priya Suresh

Pulao looks colourful,flavourful and inviting..

Sravs

wow pulao looks so unique and very inviting !!

Binys Recipes

akila pulao looks colourful and has the wow factor.nice pics

divya

look superb dear and so tempting, amazing.

Hari Chandana P

Colorful and delicious recipe.. looks perfect.. lovely clicks too !!
Indian Cuisine

SouthindianHome

Looks so colorful and tempting.
Nice clicks

Unknown

Looks colorful and amazing:)

Jeyashris Kitchen

Deliicous and colourful puloa.Tempting me to taste

chitraj.hegde

very nice and colorful rice.....looks yummy and mouth watering....

Ambreen (Simply Sweet n Savory)

So colorful & tempting ... Just fantastic.

Sensible Vegetarian

Colorful and delicious Pulao.

Jayanthy Kumaran

heavenly...gonna try this one ..
Tasty Appetite

Shobha

Hi Akila,
Delicious and mouthwatering pulao.
Plz collect an award from my blog.

Madhu

I have some capsicum sitting at home. Will try it this way :)

Torviewtoronto

colourful rice looks delicious

Unknown

Looks so colourful and rice is just rightly cooked!

Janie

This looks really good...thanks for posting.

Unknown

I made it today . It came Put so well.. cooking made simple ,tasty and healthy. My family loved it. Thank you for posting. Keep posting more..

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