Capsicum Rice | Bell pepper rice
Ingredients Needed:
Cooked Rice - 3 cups
Onions - 1 medium
Capsicum - 1 big
Bay leaf - 1
Clove - 2 nos
Cinnamon - 1"
Salt to taste
Oil - 2 tsp
Masala to be ground
Chana Bal / Bengal Gram - 2 tsp
Urad dal - 2 tsp
Coriander seeds - 1 tsp
Dry Red Chili - 4 nos
How to make the Capsicum Rice
Wash, soak and cook the rice. Keep it aside.
Dry roast the masalas and cool. Once cool, grind to a smooth powder. Keep it aside.
In a non stick pan, heat the oil. Saute the bay leaf, clove, cinnamon. Now add the onion julienne.
Once the onions turns colour, add the capsicum. Add salt, turmeric powder. Cover with lid and simmer for 10 mins, till the capsicum is cooked and soft.
Now add the cooked rice, mix well. Then add the ground powder. Mix well.
Serve with onion raitha..
The previous two entries under Cooking with Capsicum:
Cheesy Capsicups
Capsicum Aloo Subzi
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Nalini's Kitchen says
Flavorful rice,looks yummy,love to have it with raita and chips....
Manjula Bharath says
wow thats a very very flavorful and inviting rice 🙂 so tempting me !!
vaishali sabnani says
Interesting conversation with the kids and love that ground spice you have used for the rice..it surely makes them delicious..it's like adding podi to rice..rt?
Priya Suresh says
Such a flavourful rice, a prefect lunchbox dish too, love always capsicum rice for the spice powder we go for.
Corporate to Kitchen says
That rice looks very flavourful & yummy. A great dish for the lunch box too.
Rajani S says
So cooker is what he wants to be? That is so cute!
And the rice looks like a good choice for lunch box.
Priya Srinivasan says
Kids and their talks!!!!I used to write a diary on kuttu till he joined school. Now with other chores around, i totally lost touch with that habit. It is great to read those memories, brings a big smile on our face!!!
Capsicum Rice looks yum, i too make it often, but never added that ground spice powder, will try this!!!
Vanamala Hebbar says
Lovely recipe....i will try
Chef Mireille says
interesting mix of spices will make rice so flavorful
Sapana Behl says
Very flavorful rice preparation .love to taste with that Raita !
Sandhya Ramakrishnan says
Such a simple yet flavorful rice! So yummy and perfect for lunch box 🙂
Saraswathi Tharagaram says
So delicious and yummy rice:) very inviting and perfect for lunch box..
veena krishnakumar says
That is a perfect lunch box recipe valli. Looks very nice
Harini-Jaya R says
Perfect lunch box recipe..and the powder is multi purpose and a must have in my pantry 🙂
Pavani N says
Talking to kids always brings out very very interesting things.
That capsicum rice looks tasty, especially love the spices used. Will definitely try it out soon.
sushma says
Yummy and flavorful rice dish. Perfect for lunch boxes.