Vegetable Sesame rice

Recipe by Sucharitha Venkataramanan of

Good for those sesame lovers.....

Ingredients vegetarian 2 servings

  • 1½ cups Vegetables, chopped capsicum, carrots, potatoes, peas
  • ½ cup Sesame Seeds, white
  • 4 tsps. Coriander Seeds
  • 5 nos. Red Chilies
  • 5 leaves Curry Leaf
  • 2 nos. Green Chilies, slit
  • ½ tsp Mustard seeds (black)
  • ½ tsp Red Gram (split)
  • ½ tsp Turmeric Powder
  • 2 tbsps. Vegetable Oil
  • 1 cup Rice (basmati)
  • Coriander leaves for garnishing
  • Salt to taste

Directions

  1. Cook the plain rice and keep aside.
  2. Roast sesame till it splutters and becomes golden brown in colour.
  3. Take 1 tsp. oil in a kadai and roast the coriander and the red chillies till it gives an aroma.
  4. Powder the sesame, coriander and the red chillies and keep aside.
  5. Heat the remaining oil in the kadai and add mustard seeds.
  6. When the mustard splutters, add chana dal and fry till golden brown.
  7. Next, add curry leaves and green chillies.
  8. Add all the vegetables, salt and turmeric powder.
  9. Fry the vegetables till they are cooked.
  10. Now, add the sesame-coriander powder to the vegetables and mix well. Switch off the gas.
  11. Mix this vegetable with the rice well.
  12. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve with onion raita.

Comments

Uzma

Being a Pakistani girl and a cooking lover, i would like to say that this recipe made my day and my dawat. Everybody loved it and i felt so happy that i can't tell you how much i appreciate Ms Sucharitha. THANKS for the wonderful rice recipe. I would like to see more recipes from you now. :O) God bless u.

Malu

Dear Ms.Venkatramanan, Your veg. sesame rice recipe is very good. I would have done it around 10times in 2years and everyone who have tasted it have loved it. With the onion raita, it is very tasty and very delicious. Please share with us any such superb dishes. Thank you.