Capsicum rice

INGREDIENTS:

Rice - 150g
Capsicum - 2
Onion - 1
Green chili - 1
Garlic - 3
Ginger - half of garlic
Coriander powder - 2sp
Chili powder - 1/4sp
Turmeric powder - a pinch
Salt - to taste
Coriander leaves - few


TO DRY ROAST:


Urad dal - 1/4sp
Chana dal - 1/2sp
Toor dal - 1/2sp
Split chick peas (pottukadalai) - 1/2sp
Groundnut - 4sp

• All the above ingredients dry roast it and allow it to cool. Then powder it in mixie.
• We can also add extra quantity of each ingredients and keep the powder, so that we need not make it each time when we do capsicum rice.

METHOD:

• Cook rice with water to the ratio of 1:1 3/4 and 1/2sp oil and spread it on a wide plate to cool.
• Grind ginger, garlic and green chilli to a paste.
• In a kadai, add oil, sliced onion, grinded paste, capsicum and fry til capsicum becomes soft.
• Now add coriander powder, chili powder, turmeric powder, salt and little water.
• Let it boil till the raw smell of spices get cooked.
• Finally add coriander leaves to the kadai and cook for a minute.
• Now add the capsicum contents and dry roasted powder to the rice and mix well, so that all the contents get blended well together.
• Serve with raitha or some gravies.