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Red and Yellow Bell Pepper Pilaf

Written By: Evergreendishesdev
Published on: June 13, 2019
rice dishes
red and yellow bell pepper pilaf

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Red and yellow bell pepper pilaf is a mildly spiced, tasty one pot meal. It is ideal for lunch, dinner or brunch.

I often make variety of rice dishes and this one turned out delish, the subtle flavours was enchantingly good, we paired it with a curd based salad and  a curry.

The other rice dishes that I often make are Jeera Rice, Spring Onion and Corn Pulav, Veg Jadoh

Why should you make this pilaf ? 

  • When you are bored of the regular cooking, it is something different.
  • When you have hardly any vegetables, you can just opt to buy capsicum.
  • It is a one-pot dish.
  • A good way to feed fussy children. 

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup basmati rice (measurement used: 1 cup =240 ml)
  • 2 onion
  • 1 red capsicum
  • 1 yellow capsicum
  • 3 tablespoon oil
  • 1 inch ginger
  • 3 cloves garlic
  • 1 teaspoon cumin
  • 1/2 teaspoon fennel
  • 1/2 teaspoon cumin powder
  • 1 teaspoon pav bhaji masala
  • salt to taste
  • water
  • 1 teaspoon ghee
  • 8 cashew nut

Method:

  1. Wash the rice and soak it for fiften minutes.
  2. Cut the onion finely.
  3. Cut the capsicum into small squares.
  4. Grind ginger and garlic to a paste.
  5. Take oil in a pressure pan, add cumin and fennel to it. As they sizzle, put the onion and saute it, let it turn pale pink in colour.
  6. Put the ginger garlic paste and saute it for sometime, until the raw smell vanishes.
  7. Now, add the capsicum pieces to it and saute it for two minutes.
  8. Add rice to it and gently mix them. Saute for two minutes.
  9. Add cumin powder, pav bhaji masala and chilli powder. Gently mix them.
  10. Add water and salt, give a stir.
  11. Close the lid and put the whistle. Cook it for one whistle. At this stage, you can put in the rice cooker if you wish.
  12. Turn off the stove after one whistle. When the pressure releases by itself, remove the lid and gently mix it.
  13. Roast the cashew nut in ghee and put it over the rice. Red and yellow bell pepper pilaf is ready to serve.
red and yellow bell pepper pilaf
Evergreendishesdev

Red and Yellow Bell Pepper Pilaf

Red and yellow bell pepper pilaf is a mildly flavoured rice dish that is ideal for any lunch or dinner.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Standing time 15 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Course: rice variety
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup basmati rice
  • 2 onion
  • 1 red bell pepper
  • 1 yellow bell pepper
  • 1 inch ginger
  • 3 cloves garlic
  • 1 teaspoon cumin
  • 1/2 teaspoon fennel
  • 1 cumin powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon pav bhaji masala
  • 1/2 teaspoon chilli powder
  • salt
  • water
  • 3 tablespoon oil
  • 1 teaspoon ghee
  • 8 cashewnut

Method
 

  1. Wash and soak the rice for fifteen minutes.
  2. Cut the onion finely.
  3. Cut the bell pepper.
  4. Grind ginger and garlic to a fine paste.
  5. Put oil in a pressure pan, add cumin and fennel to it. As it sizzles, put onion and saute for sometime, until pink in colour.
  6. Now, add the ginger-garlic paste and saute for sometime. The raw smell should vanish.
  7. Put the bell pepper pieces to it and saute for sometime.
  8. Add the soaked rice and saute for two minutes.
  9. Put the spice powders to it, saute it, add water and salt. Give a stir.
  10. Close the lid and put the whistle. Turn off the stove after one whistle.
  11. Let the pressure release by itself.
  12. Roast the cashew nut in ghee. Gently mix the pilaf and top with roasted cashew nuts.
  13. Red and Yellow Bell Pepper Pilaf is ready to serve.

Notes

  • It can be prepared by direct method of cooking. 
  • You can make it in the rice cooker too. 
red and yellow bell pepper pilaf
red and yellow bell pepper pilaf

Take a tip:

  • You can cook the rice directly without keeping the whistle, keep it on low flame and one needs to keep a watch over it.
  • Fried paneer pieces can be added to it.

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red and yellow bell pepper pilaf
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Sending this to the fortnightly blog hop with the theme ” Rice Affair at HW”. Do check out the other recipes by co-bloggers.

 

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