CAPSICUM RICE RECIPES

Steps:

• To the cooked rice, add a teaspoon of ghee and combine(each grain should be separate). Keep aside. Heat a teaspoon of ghee in a cooking vessel on medium heat, add dry red chillies, mustard seeds, cumin seeds, coriander seeds, urad dal and fry till the cumin splutters and the dal turns light brown. Finally, add the roasted peanuts and combine with the other spices for a few seconds and turn off heat. Once cool, grind to a make a coarse powder by even adding garam masala powder, mix it. In the same vessel, add butter and once it's melted, add capsicum (red and green), saute it. Don't overcook them, let the capsicums retain their crunchy texture. Add salt to taste and combine well. Reduce heat and add the grated coconut, roasted peanuts and ground masala powder , saute it for 1 more minute . Then add boiled rice to the same pan, toss it well.  At last, sprinkle coriander leaves and mix well. Serve hot with pickle, yogurt, appadam(poppadams).

Steps:

• In a small skillet or saucepan, saute the rice and garlic in butter until rice is browned. Add broth; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; add the peppers, oregano, salt and pepper. Cover and simmer for 15 minutes or until rice is tender. Fluff with a fork. Sprinkle with parsley.