Garlicky Vegetable and Cheese Rice
by Tarla Dalal
vegetable cheese rice recipe | Indian style cheesy vegetable rice | garlic vegetable cheese rice | with 28 amazing images.
vegetable cheese rice recipe is made of mixed vegetables, lots of cheese, garlic and rice.
Looking for a perfect one-dish meal that would be loved by each and every member of the family? Here we have got a perfect and unique recipe that is perfect for lazy Sundays or when you are craving for something extremely luscious vegetable cheese rice.
The preparation and cooking for vegetable cheese rice might take a little while but the outcome is worth all the efforts. A standard combination of rice and boiled vegetables emerges in a totally new avatar, thanks to a homemade red chilli-garlic paste, a few spoons of curd, and a mix-in of grated cheese.
garlic vegetable cheese rice is very unique and luscious, I often give this to my kid as his lunch treat and also vegetable cheese rice is a smart of adding veggies to your kiddos diet and I am sure no kid will make a fuss to eat it.
To make vegetable cheese rice, firstly boil and drain basmati or long grained rice and keep aside. Next, make chilli garlic paste by dry roasting Kashmiri red chilli on a non-stick tava, once the chillies cool down transfer them to a blender. Add garlic and salt. Blend using little water. This chilli garlic paste will help giving flavor to the rice. Further to temper, take oil in a non-stick pan, Heat the oil in a broad non-stick pan, add the onions and sauté on a medium flame for 1 minute. Add the red chilli-garlic paste and sauté on a medium flame for 1 minute. Add the french beans, potatoes, carrots, green peas and capsicum. Mushroom, baby corn, broccoli are some other vegetables that you can add in this recipe of garlicky vegetable and cheese rice. Add the tomatoes, mix well and cook on a medium flame for 1 minute. Add the rice, curds and salt. To make it even nutritious use brown rice instead of white rice and curd will help balance the tang and spice of chillies. Remove from the flame, add the cheese and mix well.
Serve Indian style cheesy vegetable rice hot garnished with cheese. Cook the rice to the right consistency ensuring that it does not become mushy. Likewise, make sure you add the cheese only after you switch off the flame. Such care will result in a perfectly textured Garlic Vegetable and Cheese Rice that you will find totally enjoyable
Enjoy vegetable cheese rice recipe | Indian style cheesy vegetable rice | garlic vegetable cheese rice | with step by step photos and video below.
Garlicky Vegetable and Cheese Rice recipe - How to make Garlicky Vegetable and Cheese Rice
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Makes 4 servings
For Garlicky Vegetable and Cheese Rice
5 garlic (lehsun) cloves
1/2 cup finely chopped onions
1/4 cup finely chopped french beans
1/4 cup boiled and peeled potato cubes
1/4 cup boiled carrot cubes
1/4 cup boiled green peas
1/2 cup capsicum slices
1/4 cup grated processed cheese
3 cups cooked rice (chawal)
2 tbsp oil
3 whole dry kashmiri red chillies , broken into pieces
1/4 cup deseeded tomato cubes
2 tbsp whisked curds (dahi)
salt to taste
For The Garnish
2 tbsp grated processed cheese
For garlicky vegetable and cheese rice
- For garlicky vegetable and cheese rice
- To make {span class="bold1"}garlic vegetable and cheese rice{/span}, heat a non-stick tava (griddle) and dry roast the red chillies on a medium flame for 1 to 2 minutes.
- Combine the roasted red chillies, garlic and 2 tbsp of water and blend in a mixer to a smooth paste. Keep aside.
- Heat the oil in a broad non-stick pan, add the onions and sauté on a medium flame for 1 minute.
- Add the red chilli-garlic paste and sauté on a medium flame for 1 minute.
- Add the french beans, potatoes, carrots, green peas and capsicum, mix well and sauté on a medium flame for 2 to 3 minutes, while stirring occasionally.
- Add the tomatoes, mix well and cook on a medium flame for 1 minute.
- Add the rice, curds and salt, mix well and cook on a slow flame for 2 minutes, while stirring occasionally.
- Remove from the flame, add the cheese and mix well.
- Serve the {span class="bold1"}garlic vegetable and cheese rice{/span} hot garnished with cheese.
Garlicky Vegetable and Cheese Rice video by Tarla Dalal
Preparation for garlicky vegetable and cheese rice
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To make vegetable cheese rice recipe | Indian style cheesy vegetable rice | garlic vegetable cheese rice | we will require cooked rice. For that wash around ¾ cup of rice thoroughly. We have used long grained variety of rice.
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Soak them in 3 cups of water for 30 minutes. Cover with a lid and keep aside.
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Drain the rice with the help of a strainer.
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Boil a vessel full of water, add 1 tbsp of oil and salt.
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Add the rice to the boiling water.
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Cook till the rice is al dente, stirring once or twice in between. The rice grain must be fully cooked yet firm.
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Pour into a colander and let the water drain out.
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Spread the cooked rice on a flat surface to cool.
How to make garlicky vegetable and cheese rice
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To prepare vegetable cheese rice recipe | Indian style cheesy vegetable rice | garlic vegetable cheese rice | heat a non-stick tava (griddle) and dry roast the red chillies on a medium flame for 1 to 2 minutes. We have used Kashmiri red chillies which are mildly spicy and give a vibrant colour. If you love spicy food, then make use of any variety of spicy dried red chillies.
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Cool the chillies slightly and transfer to a mixer jar.
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Add garlic.
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Add 2 tbsp of water.
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Blend in a mixer to a smooth paste. Keep aside. This is a sort of chilli-garlic paste that will help us in flavoring the rice.
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To temper the chilli-garlic rice, heat the oil in a broad non-stick pan.
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Once the oil is hot, add the onions.
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Mix well and sauté on a medium flame for 1 minute or until the onions are soft.
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Add the red chilli-garlic paste and sauté on a medium flame for 1 minute.
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Add french beans.
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Add potatoes.
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Add carrots.
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Add green peas. Mushroom, baby corn, broccoli are some other vegetables that you can add in this recipe of garlicky vegetable and cheese rice.
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Add capsicum. Bell peppers can also be added to make the garlicky vegetable rice more colorful.
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Mix well and sauté on a medium flame for 2 to 3 minutes, while stirring occasionally.
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Add tomatoes, mix well and cook on a medium flame for 1 minute.
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Add rice. While we have used white rice, to make it nutritious, you can use brown rice.
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Add curd and salt. Curd helps in reducing the heat from chillies and balance the tang in the recipe.
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Mix vegetable cheese rice | Indian style cheesy vegetable rice | garlic vegetable cheese rice | well and cook on a low flame for 2 minutes, while stirring occasionally.
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Remove from the flame, add the cheese and mix well. You can add more or less cheese as per your liking.
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Serve vegetable cheese rice | Indian style cheesy vegetable rice | garlic vegetable cheese rice | hot garnished with cheese.
- Vegetable Rice with Cheese Sauce, Baked Mexican Rice with Cheese Patties and Bean Sprouts Fried Rice are some more rice dishes that you may like.
| Energy | 278 cal |
| Protein | 5.9 g |
| Carbohydrates | 41.6 g |
| Fiber | 3.5 g |
| Fat | 9.6 g |
| Cholesterol | 0 mg |
| Vitamin A | 268.1 mcg |
| Vitamin B1 | 0.2 mg |
| Vitamin B2 | 0.1 mg |
| Vitamin B3 | 1.1 mg |
| Vitamin C | 28.9 mg |
| Folic Acid | 13.3 mcg |
| Calcium | 81.2 mg |
| Iron | 0.9 mg |
| Magnesium | 0 mg |
| Phosphorus | 0 mg |
| Sodium | 6.6 mg |
| Potassium | 86.5 mg |
| Zinc | 0.7 mg |
Awesome.. its in my dinner menu..
Very tasty and mildly spicy, the flavor of the rice is incredible. Crunchy vegetables impart a very nice texture. A must try...
excellent. flavor of each n every ingredients used in it.. easy to make...simply love this recipe.
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