Tri Colour Rice

August 12, 2015



Three different colours of rice are combined together to make this rice!
Palak rice, Tomato rice and Coconut rice are the three different rices.



Ingredients:


For Palak rice:

Basmati rice (cooked)    : 1 cup
Palak                              : 1/2 bunch
Onion                             : 1/2
Cumin seeds                  : a pinch
Garlic paste                    : 1/4 tsp
Green chillies                 : 2 nos
Oil                                  : 1 tbsp
Salt to taste

Method:

 

Blanch palak leaves and grind it with green chillies to a paste and keep aside.
Heat oil in a kadai, add cumin seeds, when it pops, add garlic paste and saute for a while and add chopped onion and saute it well.  Then add the palak puree and salt  to this and saute till it leaves the side of the kadai.   Add cooked rice to this and mix well. Switch off the stove and keep aside.









For Coconut rice:

Cooked Basmati rice          : 1 cup
Grated coconut                   : 1/2 cup
Green chillies                     : 2 nos
Mustard seeds                    : 1/4 tsp
Fried cashews                    : 6 nos
Oil                                      : 1 tsp


Method:


Heat oil in a kadai, add mustard seeds. When it pops up add chopped green chillies and grated coconut to this and saute it .  No need to change the colour of the coconut,  add cooked rice to this and saute it well, keep aside.









For Tomato rice:



Cooked rice                     : 1 cup
Tomatoes                         : 2 nos
Chilli pdr                         : 1 tsp
Onion                              : 1 chopped
Garlic paste                     : 1 tsp
Turmeric pdr                   : a pinch
Salt to taste
Oil                                  : 1 tbsp

Method:


Heat oil in a kadai, add garlic paste and saute it well.
Add the chopped onion and saute it well. Add chilli pdr and turmeric pdr. Then add the chopped tomatoes and saute well till it becomes mushy, add salt and cooked rice, mix well. Switch off the flame.



Now spread the palak rice on a cake tin.



Then spread the cocnut rice over it.




Then spread the tomato rice on the top.





Bake it in an oven covered with aluminium foil for just five or ten  minutes. Take out from oven and garnish with fried cashews. Cut it into pieces and serve!!



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