Capsicum Rice - Bell Pepper Rice - Shimla Mirch Chawal - Kodamilagai Sadham

                                 Colourful - Capsicum Rice-Bell Pepper rice

Here is a quick, colorful capsicum rice recipe. It hardly takes 10 minutes to prepare this dish. Once rice is kept ready,this dish can be prepared in less time and is also a perfect dinner. I have used all colored capsicums to make the rice look appealing, but you can prepare the same with green capsicums alone.

Ingredients :

• Basmati Rice - 1 cup
• Capsicums chopped - 1 1/4 cup ( all 3 colours together)
• Garam Masala Powder - 1 tsp
• Onion - 1 chopped
• Urad dal - 2 tsp
• Coriander seeds - 2 1/2 tsp
• Jeera /cumin seeds - 1 tsp
• Red chillies- 4-5
• Oil -1 tbsp
• Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
• Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 tsp

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Method : 

1. Wash and soak basmati rice for 30 minutes, drain the water and cook the rice in such a way that each grains are separate. Keep it aside.
2. Chop capsicums into small strips.
3. Heat a tsp of oil, fry urad dal, coriander seeds, cumin seeds and red chilli. Powder it and keep it aside.
4. Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, when they splutter, add finely chopped onions and saute till it turns transparent .
5. Add the chopped capsicums, prepared masala powder, ginger garlic paste, garam masala powder and salt needed. Saute on high flames till the capsicums are slightly cooked. Do not overcook as the capsicums should be crispy and not soggy.
6. Mix cooked rice gently, garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot with raita or chips or any gravy.

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