BROCCOLI RICE

Welcome to my cookbook Cookerypoint - Ila's Kitchen. Today I wanna try a special and easy recipe for Tried and Tasted Event of Ohtastensee. I am gonna try Simple Broccoli Rice recipe from Taste of Pearl City by Umm Mymoonah. I thank Umm to share such an easy way to use broccoli in rice. Really , we liked this recipe and turned to be a hit in my home. Hope this is an easy way to take such a healthy vegetable. I made simple changes to recipe but the basic recipe is from Umm Mymoonah. Okies..Lets go to our recipe.

SIMPLE BROCCOLI RICE

Ingredients:

Broccoli florets - 1 cup
Basmathi rice - 1 cup
Onion - 1 (chopped vertically)
Tomato - 1 (finely chopped)
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tspn
Garam Masala -  1 tspn
Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tspn
Briyani Masala powder- 1 tbspn
Coriander leaves - little
Cinnamon - 1/2 inch
Cumin - 1 tspn
Water - 2 cups
Oil - 2 tspn
Salt as required

Preparation:

Wash the broccoli florets and dip it in hot water for 2 minutes.
Wash it again in cold water immediately.
Wash the rice and soak it for 20 minutes.
For best result, fry the rice in ghee.
Heat oil in cooker, add cinnamon, cumin, Onion and fry well.
Add ginger garlic paste , turmeric powder and garam masala. Fry well.
Add broccoli florets and fry for few seconds and add briyani masala.
Mix it well and add water and salt.
Let the water boil,add rice now and let it cook.
When rice and water are mixed well, close the cooker with whistle.
Simmer it for 10 minutes. Garnish with corriander leaves.
Now, Broccoli Rice is ready to serve.

Serving Suggestion:

Broccoli Rice is perfect for lunch and can be served with Raitas.

BROCCOLI RICE WITH RAITA

I am sending this recipe to Denny's Tried And Tasted Event organized by Lakshmi of Kitchen Chronicles.