Mexican rice

Restaurant style jeera rice in microwave. A very easy to make, flavorful and delicious rice cooked in microwave. Hassle free cooking in a few minutes. Perfect for this summer season. You can cook in microwave with your fan on.

Here are 20 more one pot rice dishes from this blog. Click on the name below for recipe.

1. Brown rice spinach pulao

2. Mushroom egg fried rice

3. Mixed vegetable fried rice

4. Saffron rice with pickled Jalapeno and ginger julienne

5. Easy pulao

6. Corn peas barista fried rice

7. Korean egg fried rice

8. Aloo chutney pulao

9. Spanish moulded rice

10. Mint rice

11. Beetroot rice

12. Mexican rice

13. Carrot rice

14. Tricolour rice

15. Mexican green rice

16. Shahi coconut milk pulao

17. Biryani flavoured tahri

18. Kolkata style chicken biryani

19. Basanti pulao

20. Bhuni khichuri

You may also like to try Carrot onion rice from the blog of my friend Priya Iyer.

And some microwave recipes from this blog.

1. Pulao Or biryani masala

2. Steamed cauliflower

3. Microwave chicken

4. Hariyali chicken/ no oil chicken in microwave

5. Microwave mushroom

6. Microwave chivra or flatten rice

7. Baked potato wedges with rosemary infused olive oil

Microwave cooking is much convenient way to cook hassle free and in less time. Just check in-between as we check while cooking on stove top. Every oven has different temperature and take different time. If you start to use your microwave regularly, you will know it well. I will share some more oven recipes here. So friends stay tuned 😊

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Video recipe of microwave jeera rice 👇

Recipe

Basmati rice – 1 cup

Ghee or clarified butter – 1 tablespoon

Cumin seeds – 1/2 teaspoon

Cumin powder – 1/2 teaspoon

Mint powder – 1/2 teaspoon

Mint leaves – 1 tablespoon, optional

Pulao masala – 1/2 teaspoon

Cilantro or coriander leaves – 2 tablespoon, chopped

Salt to taste

Water – 1&3/4 cup

Method

1. Rinse the rice well. Rinse till water runs out clear. Soak the rice for 30 minutes. After 30 minutes drain the water and keep aside.

2. In a microwavable glass bowl add ghee and cumin seeds. Microwave on high power for 1 minute. Check and microwave again for 30 seconds if required. Cumin should be fragrant.

3. Take out the bowl. Add cumin powder, pulao masala, chopped cilantro or coriander leaves and mint powder. You can also use 1 tablespoon fresh mint leaves instead of mint powder. Or skip mint if you want. Mix well with a spoon. Get the Pulao Or biryani masala here.

4. Microwave on high power for 2 minutes. Stir once in between. After 2 minutes take out the bowl from microwave.

5. Add water and salt. Mix well. Microwave on high for 5 minutes. Stir the rice. Now loosely cover the bowl with lid or microwavable plate.

6. Microwave on 600 for 8 minutes. Stir once in between. After 8 minutes take out the bowl. Fluff the rice gently with a fork. And give a standing time. Cover and keep the rice in switched off microwave for 8-10 minutes.

7. I am sharing as I like my jeera rice but if you want your rice softer then use 2 cup water instead of 1&3/4 cup and microwave for 10 minutes.

8. Garnish with cilantro or coriander leaves. Serve hot with dal tadka or any curry. For pressure cooker process Follow the process of Easy pulao And for open pot method Shahi coconut milk pulao.

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Mexican rice.

I have already shared a Mexican green rice recipe here. Its a different and easy recipe. Perfect one pot meal for a lazy day 😀

This week’s our #Foodiemonday #bloghop theme is Mexican cuisine.

Sometimes bloghop challenge take me out of my comfort zone 😀 But it teaches me a lot.
This time I have Googled for it. And loved the recipe video of celebrity chef Sanjeev Kapoor. I am sharing the link here for you.

Recipe is very easy. Used less spices yet delicious. You can use left over rice too. But there was no carrot and red bell pepper in my pantry. Ingredients never restrict me to make any dish 😀

So I have added a small capsicum for flavour. And I have boiled rajma/kidney beans so I used it. You can omit it and use any vegetables of your choice. If you have carrots and red bell pepper then use it instead of tomatoes, capsicum and rajma/kidney beans.

I have made it for lunch and used remaining one small bowl for evening snack as a yummy Indian style shallow fried tikki or cutlets.

For the cutlets mash the rice with boiled and mashed 2 potatoes, 1 teaspoon grated ginger, 1 chopped green chilli, handful chopped coriander leaves, 1 teaspoon chaat masala,1/2 teaspoon Black pepper powder and salt to taste. You can use chopped onion too. Mix well. Give shape of your choice and roll the cutlets on rice flour. Coat evenly. Shallow fry with little oil on a nonstick pan.

Recipe

Rice – 3 cup boiled
Onion – 2 large chopped
Garlic – 6 cloves minced
Capsicum – 1 small chopped
Tomato – 2 large chopped
Tomato sauce – 2 tablespoon
Red chilli sauce – 1 tablespoon
Oregano or mixed herb – 1 tablespoon
Red chilli powder – 1 teaspoon
Cumin powder – 1 teaspoon
Salt to taste
Rajma or kidney beans – 1/2 cup overnight soaked
Frozen peas – 1/2 cup

Method

Boil the overnight soaked rajma/kidney bean with little salt. Drain and keep aside.If you don’t like it you can omit it.
Heat oil in a nonstick pan. Add the minced garlic, saute and add the onion. If you like more spicy add 1-2 chopped green chilli with it. saut till the onion becomes light brown.
Add chopped capsicum and tomatoes. Saute until the tomatoes becomes mushy. And dried up completely.
Now add rajma/kidney beans, peas, tomato sauce, red chilli sauce, cumin powder, chilli powder and oregano. Saute and add the rice and salt. Mix well.
Toss the rice and serve hot. Garnish with coriander leaves and eggs. I have used sliced hard boiled egg. You can use fried egg too.
For fried egg heat little oil in a nonstick pan. Break an egg carefully over it. Yolk should be intact. Now place the fried egg on the rice. Serve immediately.