Mexican Rice Recipe

• Rajma pulao
• Mexican fried rice

INGREDIENTS:

METHOD:

• Wash the rice and drain the water.

• Slice the onions and chop the capsicum .

• Peel the skin of the garlic and finely chop them.
• Puree the tomato in a mixer.
• Soak the red kidney beans overnight and pressure cook this till it becomes soft.
• Drain the water and keep it aside.

• In a heavy bottomed pan, add oil and throw in the chopped garlic.

• Then add the sliced onions and saute till it becomes soft and turns pink.

• Now add the chopped capsicum( i used the red color one).
• Saute well. Add salt.

• Now add the rice and saute well till it turns slightly golden brown.Be careful not to burn it. This is more important as it will give a nice texture to the rice when it is cooked.

• Add the pureed tomatoes and mix well.

• Add the cooked red kidney beans and throw in the pepper powder and oregano.

• Add 3 cups of vegetable broth to this. Check for salt.

• Allow the mixture to come to a boil. Turn the flame down to a simmer, cover the pan and cook for 20 minutes.
• Fluff the rice with fork. Do not mash it.
• Garnish with chopped coriander leaves. Mine got over so i didn’t use .

Note:

• You can use canned red kidney beans also. In that case drain the water and wash it thoroughly and use.
• Tomato can be replaced with tomato puree also. In that case use 1/2 cup of puree.