Vegetable Masala Rice - Lunch Box Special!

Vegetable Masala Rice - Lunch Box Special!

Vegetable Masala Rice is an excellent lunch box special recipe. A simple and quick recipe with very few ingredients.

In this recipe I added vegetables like potato's, beans, carrots and capsicum....but you can add vegetables of your choice or vegetables which is available in your kitchen.

Ingredients:
Vegetables - 1 cup
(Carrots, beans, potatoes, capsicum)
Cooked Rice - 1.5 cups
Masala powder - 1.5 tsp

(Bay leaf - 1,
Poppy seeds / kasakasa - 1 tsp

Clove - 2-3 nos

Cinnamon - 1 inch

Red chilli - 2-3 nos
Coriander seeds - 1/2 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
Pepper - 4-5 nos)
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Red chilli powder - 1 tsp
Asafatedia - 1/2 tsp
Peanuts - 2 tablespoons
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Urud dal - 1/2 tsp
Refined oil / Gingerly oil - 3 tablespoons
Salt to taste

Method:
# Chop vegetables of your choice.

# Dry roast one by one the masala's which I have mentioned in the ingredients.

# Make a fine powder. ( can store this powder in an airtight container for few weeks)

# Heat a pan add oil, add peanuts once roasted add mustard and, urud dal (once mustard splutter) add vegetables, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, asafatedia, salt to taste and sprinkle water and cook well. 

# Add the vegetables mixture with cooked Rice and add masala powder and mix well.

# Add some gingerly oil and salt and mix well.
Garnish with chopped coriander leaves and serve with raita or papads.

* You can add chopped onions, if you wish.
* While boiling rice, add salt.
Hope you all like this recipe. Please do try this recipe and provide your comments.
Thank you!