Masala rice recipe, Easy lunch box recipes

Masala rice | Vegetable pulao, is a simple and easy lunch box recipe. I made this for Sunday lunch and shared in Jeyashri's kitchen Instagram and mentioned that i will share the recipe of masala rice. Yesterday i made the masala rice  and made a video of it too. This is nothing but a simple Vegetable pulao recipe, with the addition of more Indian spices. It's very handy and a quick recipe and an easy one pot meal recipe. I have just given my style of making this and you can make your own variations to suit your taste buds.
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Masala rice recipe

  Preparation Time : 15 mins | Cooking Time : 15 Mins |Serves: 3

    Basmati rice  1 cup
    Carrot  1
    Green peas  1/4 cup
    Capsicum  3 tblsp (finely chopped)
    Onion  1
    Cloves  3
    Bay leaf  1
    Cardamom 2
    Ginger garlic paste  1 tsp
    Oil   1 tblsp + 3 tsp 
    Ghee  1 tblsp
    Coriander leaves  few
    Mint leaves  few
    Red chili powder  1 and 1/4 tsp
    Coriander powder  1 tsp
    Cumin powder  1 tsp
    Garam masala  1 tsp  
    Salt as needed

Method:

• Wash the basmati rice and soak it for 20 minutes in 1 and 1/4 cups of water.
• Chop the carrot into small cubes.
• In a pressure cooker, add ghee and 1 tblsp oil.
• Add bay leaf,cloves and cardamom.
• Add the ginger garlic paste. Saute for seconds.
• Add the sliced onions and saute till it turns translucent.
• Add few chopped mint leaves to this. 
• Mix well.
• Add the carrot and green peas. I used frozen peas.
• Mix well.
• Add the red chili powder, coriander powder,cumin powder,salt and garam masala. 
• Mix this well. 
• Add the soaked rice to this. Add the soaked water to this too.
• Mix and cover the cooker. 
• Pressure cook for one whistle and simmer it for 5 minutes.
• Meanwhile in 2 tsp of oil saute the finely chopped capsicum. I used red and green bell peppers.
• Let this be crisp.
• Open the cooker and add the capsicum and chopped coriander leaves. 
• Mix this gently.
• Masala rice is ready.
• Serve with onion raita. 

                                                 Video of how to make Masala rice

                         
     

Method with step by step pictures:

• Wash the basmati rice and soak it for 20 minutes in 1 and 1/4 cups of water.
• Chop the carrot into small cubes.
• In a pressure cooker, add ghee and 1 tblsp oil.
• Add bay leaf,cloves and cardamom.
• Add the ginger garlic paste. Saute for seconds.
• Add the sliced onions and saute till it turns translucent.
• Add few chopped mint leaves to this. 

• Mix well.
• Add the carrot and green peas. I used frozen peas.
• Mix well.

• Add the red chili powder, coriander powder,cumin powder,salt and garam masala. 
• Mix this well. 

• Add the soaked rice to this. Add the soaked water to this too.
• Mix and cover the cooker. 

• Pressure cook for one whistle and simmer it for 5 minutes.
• Meanwhile in 2 tsp of oil saute the finely chopped capsicum. I used red and green bell peppers.
• Let this be crisp.
• Open the cooker and add the capsicum and chopped coriander leaves. 

• Mix this gently.
• Masala rice is ready.
• Serve with onion raita. 

Notes:

1. You can add some chopped potato to the rice.
2. Garam masala can be replaced by Biryani masala too.