Ingredients:

Capsicum – 4-5 nos (Can take all colors also)

Rice – 1 cup

Water for cooking rice – 2 cups (as required)

Onion – 2 nos

Garlic – 5-6 cloves

Tomato – 2 medium sized

Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp

Red Chili powder – 2 tsp

Coriander powder – 2 tsp

Garam Masala – 1/2 tsp

Mustard – 1 tsp

Oil – 3 tsp

Salt – to taste

Method:

1. Heat oil in a pan add mustard and allow it to splutter.

2. Add sliced onion, garlic and chopped tomato and fry until raw flavor fades.

3 . Now add the rice (soak in water for 10-15 mins) and fry in that oil mixed onions.

4. Add chili powder, coriander powder, garam masala, turmeric powder and salt and finally add water.

5. Pressure cook the rice and keep it aside. It will look like plain masala rice.

6. Now take a tawa, add little oil and add the sliced capsicum and add a pinch of salt.

7. Saute for few mins and add this to the cooked masala rice and mix well.

Serve hot with little ghee and corinader leaves.

Ingredients:

Cooked Rice – 2 Cups

Onion – 1 Sliced

Ginger Garlic Paste – 1 tsp

Carrot – 1 sliced

Mustard – 1 tsp

oil – 3 tsp

Salt – to taste

To Grind:

Mint leaves – 2tbspn

Coconut – 2 tbspn

Green chili -3 nos (according to your taste)

Roasted Urad Dhal – 3 tsp

Method:

1. Take a pan, heat oil and add mustard. Allow it to splutter.

2. Now add sliced onion and add ginger garlic paste.

3. Saute them until the raw flavor fades.

4. Now add carrot and add very little water for the carrot to half cook.

5. Take mixer and ground the ‘to grind’ items to a fine paste adding little water.

6. Now add them to the cooking pan and leave them for few mins until the raw flavor fades from the ground paste and the mixture becomes thick.

7. Add the required salt.

8. Finally add cooked rice and mix well and garnish with coriander leaves.

If serving for kids, you can add a spoon of ghee before serving. That will enhance the taste of the easy mint or pudhina rice.