Sometimes the days of the weeks are hard to make my little girl eat her regular meals. Obviously as mothers we always try and want them to eat healthy and properly. So today I thought to surprise her by cooking something with rice only for her in lunch, but in a healthier way.
This was just a random thought of mine to bake rice other than cooking pulao or fried rice. And honestly I was not even aware of any baked rice dish(until I saw someone commented on my post that she had it in Singapore). Thought if everything can be baked , why not rice, that too if loaded with veggies. So I tried & tested this for the first time ever in my kitchen and it was a hit for sure. Minimum ingredients and easy to prepare recipe this one. Do give it a try and share your feedback .
Ingredients:
Rice: 1 cup washed and strained
Salted Butter: 1 tsp
Pepper powder: 1 tsp
Salt to taste
red/yellow/green capsicum: 1 cup cut into julienne
Onion: 1 small sized finely chopped
Garlic: 1 tbsp. crushed
2 cups water
Cheese: 1/2 cup grated. I have used processed cheese. (You can avoid if you want)
Oil: few drops to grease the baking tray/tin (You can bake this in any oven proofed borosil/ramekin bowl)
One strand of Rosemary roughly tore & Finely chopped Lemon grass for that extra flavour
Method:
Heat butter in a pan. Add the onion & garlic & saute for sometime. Add the capsicum, pepper & salt & stir. Saute for about 2 minutes and then add the rice, rosemary and lemon grass. Mix them well . Saute for another 2-3 minutes. Now put off the flame. In the mean time , preheat the oven at 220 degree Celsius. Grease the dish/bowl/tin/tray with oil and keep aside. Once the rice and vegetables are cooled, transfer it to the bowl ,add water and bake it at 220 degree Celsius for 20-25minutes covering properly with an aluminium foil. After 20-25 minutes take out the dish/bowl and remove the aluminium foil and sprinkle the grated cheese on the top and bake again for another 10-15 minutes so that cheese melts on the top. Remove from the oven carefully as dish/bowl will be very hot. Serve this cheesy baked capsicum rice hot and enjoy.
I served this rice to my little girl with some home-made French fries and I had with my home-made chilli pickle. You can add variation to this dish by including some other veggies like mushrooms/potato/carrots etc. or can make it non-veg with boneless chicken .
This was just a random thought of mine to bake rice other than cooking pulao or fried rice. And honestly I was not even aware of any baked rice dish(until I saw someone commented on my post that she had it in Singapore). Thought if everything can be baked , why not rice, that too if loaded with veggies. So I tried & tested this for the first time ever in my kitchen and it was a hit for sure. Minimum ingredients and easy to prepare recipe this one. Do give it a try and share your feedback .
Ingredients:
Rice: 1 cup washed and strained
Salted Butter: 1 tsp
Pepper powder: 1 tsp
Salt to taste
red/yellow/green capsicum: 1 cup cut into julienne
Onion: 1 small sized finely chopped
Garlic: 1 tbsp. crushed
2 cups water
Cheese: 1/2 cup grated. I have used processed cheese. (You can avoid if you want)
Oil: few drops to grease the baking tray/tin (You can bake this in any oven proofed borosil/ramekin bowl)
One strand of Rosemary roughly tore & Finely chopped Lemon grass for that extra flavour
Method:
Heat butter in a pan. Add the onion & garlic & saute for sometime. Add the capsicum, pepper & salt & stir. Saute for about 2 minutes and then add the rice, rosemary and lemon grass. Mix them well . Saute for another 2-3 minutes. Now put off the flame. In the mean time , preheat the oven at 220 degree Celsius. Grease the dish/bowl/tin/tray with oil and keep aside. Once the rice and vegetables are cooled, transfer it to the bowl ,add water and bake it at 220 degree Celsius for 20-25minutes covering properly with an aluminium foil. After 20-25 minutes take out the dish/bowl and remove the aluminium foil and sprinkle the grated cheese on the top and bake again for another 10-15 minutes so that cheese melts on the top. Remove from the oven carefully as dish/bowl will be very hot. Serve this cheesy baked capsicum rice hot and enjoy.
I served this rice to my little girl with some home-made French fries and I had with my home-made chilli pickle. You can add variation to this dish by including some other veggies like mushrooms/potato/carrots etc. or can make it non-veg with boneless chicken .
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