Capsicum / Kudamilagai Rice
Just to share with you……..
I had this rice for the first time in Rihalya’s (Brother’s daughter) first birthday party. We ordered food from outside. Capsicum rice was included in the menu. I liked it a lot. I won’t use capsicum much in my cooking. Very rarely I use this while frying chicken for fajita (Mexican food).South Indian Capsicum rice recipe is fast and flavorful dish. Easy to make recipe. I want to try out this recipe so I tried out and it cameout Yummy!!! This is very simple and comes very handy when we have to pack lunch in the morning. It saves a lot of time. Try it out and enjoy. This can be great pot-luck dish.
Capsicum / Bell pepper/ Kudamilagai Rice
Ingredients:
- Rice – 1 cup ( Sona Masoori rice or basmathi rice)
- Capsicum –1 large izes (thinly sliced or diced)
- Onion – 1 (small size -cutted like capsicum (optional))
- Tomato – 1/2 (optional)
- oil /ghee – 2 tsp
- Mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp
- Urud dal & channdal – 1/2 tsp
- Turmeric powder -1/4 tsp
- Asafoetida powder – a pinch
- Salt – as required
- Curry and coriander leaves (cilantro)- as needed
For Powder
-
urud dal – 1 tsp
- channa dal – 1tsp
- corriander seeds- 1tsp
- Red chillie -3
- cinnamon stick -1
- Cardamom – 1
Preparation
- Cook rice and allow it to cool. Separate grains.
- Dry roast all the ingredients under For Powder and grind that into fine powder.
- Heat little oil/ghee and add mustard seeds,curryleaves when it sputters, add urud dal/channa dal.
- Add onion,tomato and capsicum and fry well for 2mins.
- Add turmeric, salt, asafoetida powder .Stir well and now add the powder. Mix well.
- Now add the cooked rice mix all together.
- Garnish with cilantro.Serve with Raitha.
Tips
For Richness
- You can garnish with Ghee fried Cashews or Roasted Peanuts .
- Carrot and peas can be cooked separately and add to the rice to make it more colorful.
For different taste
While frying the Capsicum, add 1/2 teaspoon Tamarind Concentrate or lemon juice drops for a different taste.
