Mexican Rice - Indian Style

  Steamed rice cooked with colorful bell peppers and soy sauce


Mexican Rice traditionally includes onions, garlic, tomatoes and rice cooked with broth. I tried this recipe with an Indian touch. I had 3 different colored capsicums at home and thought why not modify a bit , as each color capsicum has a different flavor in it, so tried using this in the recipe and it tasted yummm  and looked colorful :)

The first time I made this Mexican rice, everybody at home loved it, though a different method but later got to know that Mexican rice can be made in different forms using broccoli's/tomatoes/capsicums. One can use this as a side dish with tortillas, beans or with tacos. But we relished only Mexican rice all alone whole heartedly.

So here is a very simple and a quick fix Mexican Rice recipe with an Indian tinge:

                                         Mexican Rice

Ingredients :

Rice - 1 cup

Water / Vegetable Broth - 1 1/2 cups

Onion - 1

Bell peppers/ capsicums chopped into long slices - 2 cups

Tomato - 1 large (if using red capsicum you can avoid tomato)

Cabbage shredded - 1 cup

Garlic - 3-4 cloves

Chilli powder - 1 tsp

Soy sauce - 1 Tbsp

Butter/ oil - 2 Tbsp

Salt to taste

Method:

• In a pressure pan , put some oil or butter and fry chopped onions till transparent, add crushed  garlic to it and saute for a minute. To this add  Rice and gently fry for 1-2 minutes and add 1 1/2 cups water/broth ,cook for 1 whistle keeping on medium flame. Sim for 5 minutes and turn off.

       [Note: one can use rice cooker but make sure that the rice grains are separated no matter what process u follow to cook the rice.]

• In a pan, add 2 tbsp oil/ butter, fry capsicums for 3-4 minutes and add shredded cabbage, fry for 2 minutes, add tomato slices , chilli powder, soy sauce, salt  and mix it. 

• Finally add the cooked rice and gently mix along with all the ingredients. Garnish with parsley :)