Step by step procedure to prepare a comforting and easy to prepare Broccoli & Pepper Rice. This is a very unique, flavourful and nutritious rice recipe. This can be prepared in very less time with minimal ingredients, so it makes a perfect, tasty and healthy lunch box recipe. when it comes to side-dish for this rice, you can have them with papad/apalam. I prepare this recipe once in a week for lunch box and it is always absolutely tasty and spicy. Give it a try in your kitchen and share your feedback. Scroll further to see the full recipe.
Preparation time: 5 min
Cooking time: 20 min
Serves: 1-2
Category: Variety rice
Recipe by Vidhya
Ingredients
Rice - 1/2 cup cooked (I used ponni raw rice)
Broccoli floret - 250 grams
Onion - 1 finely chopped
Ginger - 1 inch finely chopped
Garlic - 1 finely chopped
Jeera/Cumin seeds - 1 spoon
Black Pepper - 1 tablespoon crushed
Turmeric powder - 1/2 spoon
Garam masala - 1/2 spoon
oil - 1 tablespoon
Salt - As per your taste
Method
- Cook 1/2 cup rice and allow it to cool. Do not over cook the rice. Rice should be soft, fully cooked and should not be sticky.
- Wash and clean the broccoli in the mean time and also chop the ginger, garlic and onion.
- In a kadai, add a tablespoon of oil, when the oil is in medium hot add jeera/cumin seeds. Then add ginger and garlic. Give a stir.
- Add the chopped onion and cook it until the raw smell from ginger and garlic goes off and the onion should change colour.
- Now add broccoli floret and give a stir.
- Sprinkle little water and cook for up to 8 min. Check whether the veggie is completely cooked.
- Once the vegetable is cooked, add a tablespoon of crushed blacked pepper and 1/2 spoon turmeric powder. You can also add turmeric powder as soon as you add broccoli to the kadai. Give a stir and cook for a minute.
- Then add 1/2 spoon garam masala and salt and stir. Cook for another 2-3 min.
- Add the cooked rice and gently stir. Remove the pan from the hot plate and close it with a lid, so that the rice and spices will nicely blend and also retain the flavour.
- The Broccoli rice-Spiced with Black Pepper is ready to serve/for a tasteful lunch box.
