This one pot meal is a very flavorsome and a quick one to make if you have everything ready at hand that satisfies your hunger pangs . I had this in the party that I mentioned in this post. It immediately reminded me of the wedding lunches where all are served 1 or 2 big scoops of this rice as a part of the meal. This is an adaptation of my SIL’s recipe which I happen to like more than my own version. We prepared this mixed rice when I was in home town to attend a function and took it on our trip.
This rice will be a bit heavy on your stomach as it is rich in coconut. Hence pair this rice with a simple raita or any chips of your preference. My boys loved this rice a lot and I hope you all do too.
Vegetable Brinji Rice
You’ll need:
| Basmati Rice | 2 cups |
| Mixed Vegetables * | 1-1/2 cups |
| Onion | 2 |
| Tomato | 2 |
| Cinnamon | 1 inch stick |
| Star Anise | 1 |
| Bay Leaf | 1 |
| Shah Jeera | 1/2 tsp |
| Coconut Milk | 3 cups |
| Butter | 1 tbsp |
| Oil | 2 tbsp |
* I used carrots, cauliflower, French beans, fresh peas and potatoes
To be ground:
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Grated Coconut
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1/4 cup
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Cardamom
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2
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Cloves
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2
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Fennel Seeds
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1/2 tsp
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Cumin Seeds
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1/2 tsp
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Green Chillies
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10 – 12
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Ginger
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1 inch piece
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Garlic
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5 – 6 pods
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Coriander Leaves
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1/2 bunch
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Mint Leaves
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1/2 cup
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Grind all the above in a mixie using little water to a fine paste.
Method:
Soak the basmati rice in water for 30 minutes. Drain and reserve the water separately.
Heat a pan with butter. Add Shah jeera, when it splutters add the basmati rice and sauté over low flame so that all the grains gets well coated with butter. Use a wooden spatula to avoid breaking of rice. I made this rice in Automatic Electric Cooker but you can also do the same in a pressure cooker.
Heat oil and add star anise and bay leaf. Sauté for a min or till the aroma arises. Now add the onions cut into juliennes and sauté till it turns pink.
Now add the ground paste and sauté till a good aroma arises and the raw smell goes off. Stir it continuously to avoid sticking to the bottom of the pan. Now add the tomatoes, salt and cook till the tomato breaks.
Add the vegetables and sauté for 2 more minutes. Add the sautéed basmati rice, coconut milk, reserved water and extra water so that it measures to a total of 4 cups. Give it a good mix so that all gets mixed thoroughly.
Once it gets cooked the switch will automatically trip to “warm” mode. Mix it in between twice to avoid the vegetables settling down at the bottom of the pan. If pressure cooking, cook for 1 whistle and simmer for 5 minutes and switch off the stove.
You will see that the rice is still moist but not to worry give it 10 minutes standing time and every thing will get set. Fluff the rice with a fork and serve with Raita.
For Raita:
You’ll need:
| Onion | 1 |
| Tomato | 1 |
| Carrot | 1 |
| Green Chillies | 1 |
| Fresh Curd | 1 cup |
| Coriander leaves | 2 tbsp |
| Salt | to taste |
Method:
Chop the onion, tomatoes, green chillies, coriander leaves finely. Grate the carrots. Add salt and mix well. Mix fresh curds and stir well. You can also refrigerate this till you serve.
Notes:
| This brinji rice will taste well with Seeraga samba rice too. |
| You can skip the sautéing of the rice and add it straight away after soaking it. |
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rice looks really delicious,my kind of meal this kind rice/pulav wid raitha n chips..yummy
Love this rice. Salad is looking very colorful and thick too. Btw, tried your garlic & shallots puliodharai. Came out very well. Thanks to you and keep blogging.
That green color on the rice looks so nice.. need ot try soemtime for sure 🙂
Brinji rice looks very yum Radhika..btw, today I also posted a my SIL’s recipe.
Wow! I’d love to taste this! Very lovely!
Looks so yum ..perfect with that raitha …
That is one flavorful rice. I wud love to have it with that yummy raita of yours:-)
Wish I have this now for dinner,the name itself tempts me a lot!
Very tempting and yummy brinji rice…My mom used to make this for our lunch box….
this biryani really tempts me badly as it is my dinner time. flavourful biryani and a perfect raitha to pair with that
truly heavy recipe…do u need to use coconut for grinding even if u add 3 cups of coconut milk! jus one more, why do u use the reserve water of the rice…does it add to flavour?! i hv never used…and wld like to know how it helps:-)!
I love rice preparations! Great job with this!
Mouth watering recipe yaar….xcellent presentation!!!!
Raita s very thick and colourful tooo…..
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Rich and satisfying rice.. loving it!!
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Love this falvourful rice, simply inviting..
Perfect combo for lunch.
Is this your new look blog?Looks great! This seems interesting. Tempted to try it on my guests.
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Wonderful looking rice. Delicious preparation. Awesome color.
Deepa
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Awesome one pot meal……..Thanks for sharing.
Delicious… I’m just imagining the yummy flavors of it 🙂
An aromtic flavourful rice. Sure to satisfy the hunger and the taste buds with the coconut in it 🙂
I make them similarly too and love them as well.
delicious one pot meal..
Wow this looks lovely,flavorful rice
the new look of ur space is good..rice looks simply superb, delicious n flavourful..
Perfect combination of food.. Yumm.
Wow that looks SO yum!
Looks very rich and reminds of the sunday special lunch. :-p Delicious.
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wonderful flavourful rice…pics look grt!!
thank you for linking this delicious looking colourful rice
This luks Yumm and all set to go with raita.Superb recipe.Thanks for sharing.
Rice looks yummy and the green colour looks awesome… Bookmarking it…
Rice looks very tempting…Hey new look is very beautiful…
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I am all for one pot meals. Looks yummy Radhika.
Vardhini
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This look tempting!
Looks tempting and slurp.., can I come to ur home?
This makes for a nice & filling & flavorsome meal!!! Ideal for entertaining too..Sure to be a hit at dinner parties…:) Coconut milk gives it a a richer flavor..Bookmarking this,,,,
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love the combination of mixed rice and raita always!
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Brinji rice looks fantastic and flavorful.
A satisfying and a heavy brinji. Pics are kewl and it’s like a one pot meal. A definite crowd pleaser too.
looks to yummy and tempting.
looks delicious…a yummy party food…i made this recently for my son’s bday party…but did it differently..guess yours will have a different flavor with the addition of coconut milk
wow..this is my fav too…my mom makes it in simple way sans vegetable and the grinding stuff
This one I definitely need to bookmark & try it out soon!!! nice presentation, really tempting!
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