Monday, October 11, 2010

Spicy Mexican rice with raita

Soaked overnight & cooked red kidney beans/rajma 1 cup
onion 2 finely cut          tomatoes 3 cut fine
ginger 2" piece cut fine      garlic pearls 8 cut fine
green chilies 5-8( to taste)  salt to taste       oil/ghee
cooked rice 2 cups

In a thick pan, add  2 tbsp ghee/ oil fry ginger, garlic, green chilies, add onion fry lightly, add tomatoes, fry till oil comes out, add the cooked kidney beans/rajma salt to taste, mix well, add rice mix well,check for salt. Stir well covered for 2 minutes on low flame.

This rice will go well with raita, i.e., curd mixed with onion, or onion, tomatoes or you can onion, tomatoes & cooked potatoes peeled & cut into small pieces, or you can make raita with cucumber peeled, cut fine. the combination of raw vegetables mixed with curd, with salt & pepper to taste is called raita.

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