Vegetable Rice Bath

Vegetable rice bath is a spicy and tasty rice dish prepared by cooking rice with veggies and ground masala paste. It is a one pot recipe and also an easy and quick lunch box recipe. This kind of rice dish is usually made in small hotels and canteens.

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 cup rice, washed and soaked 
• 1 medium onion, sliced 
• 1 medium tomato, finely chopped
• Veggies chopped (carrots, beans, knol khol, green peas)
• Few curry leaves
• 1 bay leaf
• Salt to taste
• 2 cups, water
• Oil

To grind:

• 1 medium onion, roughly chopped
• 1 medium tomato, roughly chopped
• 4 tbsp, grated coconut
• Few pudina leaves
• Few coriander leaves
• 4 cloves
• 1 inch cinnamon
• 1 cardamom
• 6 red chillies (guntur + byadgi)
• 3 green chillies
• 4 to 6, garlic cloves
• 1 inch ginger piece
• 1 tsp turmeric
• Oil

METHOD:

1. Heat oil in a pan. Add cloves, cinnamon, cardamom.
2. Add garlic and ginger saute for a minute.
3. Add green chillies and red chillies. Saute for a minute.
4. Add chopped onions. Saute well.
5. Add chopped tomatoes. Saute well.
6. Add pudina, coriander leaves and turmeric. Saute for a minute.
7. Add freshly grated coconut. Saute for 30 secs. Switch off the flame. Let it cool.
8. Once its cooled, grind to a coarse paste in a mixer jar. Keep aside.
9. In a pressure cooker heat oil and add bay leaf and few curry leaves.
10. Add sliced onions and saute until translucent.
11. Add finely chopped tomatoes. Cook until it turns mushy.
12. Add chopped veggies. Saute well until the veggies shrink a bit.
13. Add ground paste and saute for a few minutes.
14. Add 2 cups of water. Add salt to taste.
15. Add rice and mix well. Close lid and pressure cook for 3 whistles.
16. Once pressure is released open lid and mix well.
17. Serve hot with coconut chutney or any raita of your choice.