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Wednesday 15 January 2014

Masala rice with fish fry recipe

Masala rice with fish fry recipe:

Masala rice Ingredients:

  • ·      1 ½ cup basmati rice.
    ·         1 chopped tomato.
    ·         2 table spoon onion paste.
    ·         2 tea spoon ginger paste.
    ·         2 tea spoon garlic paste.
    ·         1 tea spoon cumin powder.
    ·         1 tea spoon coriander powder.
    ·         ½ tea spoon red chili powder.
    ·         ½ tea spoon turmeric powder.
    ·         ¼ cup peas.
    ·         3 cups of water or vegetable stock.
    ·         ¼ cup chopped coriander leaves.
    ·         3 to 4 curry leaves.
  • 1 large chopped onion.
  • 1 potato cut in small cubes.
  • ·         Oil
    ·         salt


Masala rice cooking method:

  1. Heat oil in a pan and add the curry leaves in it.Add the ginger past and saute till the raw smell of the ginger is gone.Now add the onion paste and saute for 1 minute or so,also add the garlic paste and saute the mixture.
  2. Now add cumin powder,coriander powder,turmeric powder,red chili powder and stir fry till the oil separates from the spices.Now add the chopped tomato ,onion and fry for 1 minute.Wash the rice and mix it in the pan with the spice mix and saute for 2 minutes.Now add 3 cups of water or vegetable stock and the peas,potato cubes and let it cook in low heat till the rice is cooked to perfection. Garnish with coriander leaves. 
  3. Serve with fried fish.(For the fish fry recipe click here).