Monday, March 14, 2011

MW Zucchini & Peanut Rice

A quick one pot meal get ready in less time in microwave oven with leftover cooked rice..Zucchini and peanut together works out wonder and its quite an easy breezy rice,tastes delicious when served along with any sort of spicy roasts..We enjoyed with potato chips and the addition of peanut in this rice turned out this rice truly delicious and nutty..In case if u dont have leftover rice, u can very well go for freshly cooked rice either by cooking in microwave oven or either in rice cooker...A prefect lunch box menu too..Anyhow the cooking time varies according to ur microwave oven power.....

MW Zucchini & Peanuts Rice

2cups Cooked rice
1/2cup Zucchini (chopped)
1/4cup Peanuts
1no Onion (chopped)
2nos Green chillies (slit opened)
1tsp Garam masala powder
1tsp Pav bhaji masala
Oil
1tsp Cumin seeds + Shah jeera
Few coriander leaves (chopped)

Heat enough oil in a microwave safe bowl for 40-45 seconds in high power, add the cumin seeds and shah jeera, cook in microwave oven for a minute, add the chopped onions,slit opened green chillies and salt,cook for 5-7minutes until the onions turns transculent..now add the peanuts,cook for 2 minutes..Finally add the chopped zucchini, garam masala powder,pav bhaji powder, cook for 10 minutes until the veggies get well cooked...

Now add the cooked rice,chopped coriander leaves, toss everything gently, cook now for 2-3minutes..Serve hot with potato chips or spicy potato roast..

44 comments:

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

Nice combo..just thinking about how tasty it will be..YUM!

Deepti said... Reply To This Comment

Wow thats a lovely combo...Easy toooooooo
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Swathi said... Reply To This Comment

Awesome delicious rice Priya.

aipi said... Reply To This Comment

I could eat a whole plateful of that. YUM!!! Nice combo n the recipe is just fantastic!


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Vaishali Sharma said... Reply To This Comment

One word- "YUMMY" :)

Anonymous said... Reply To This Comment

that's a nice combo and so quick to make !! super for lazy days !
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Suma Gandlur said... Reply To This Comment

That's an easy breezy dish.

Harini said... Reply To This Comment

never tried this combo..looks interesting!

Suja Manoj said... Reply To This Comment

Yummy rice,looks awesome..nice combo.

Reshmi Mahesh said... Reply To This Comment

Looks yummy...should have tasted great...


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KrithisKitchen said... Reply To This Comment

Simple and tasty.. lovely recipe..

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Cool Lassi(e) said... Reply To This Comment

It looks so colorful and delicious!

Anonymous said... Reply To This Comment

Anything with peanuts is my favorite.Love this rice preparation

Vidhya said... Reply To This Comment

Wow thats one easy and yummy rice dish you have.

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

healthy and wholesome...looks delish!
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Suman Singh said... Reply To This Comment

Flavorful and delicious rice dish..love the combo..

divya said... Reply To This Comment

Slurp! The rice very yummy and drool-worthy!

Umm Mymoonah said... Reply To This Comment

Never tried pavbhaji masala with rice, looks very yummy.

HGourmet Foodie said... Reply To This Comment

I am not big peanut fan.. but this sure looks so delicious!!!

Anonymous said... Reply To This Comment

rice looks just fantastic...delicious !

Pushpa said... Reply To This Comment

Fabulous and delicious peanut rice.

Sravs said... Reply To This Comment

Delicious Combo !!! So delicious and yummy !!!

Lorraine said... Reply To This Comment

Delicious looking rice. The combo flavor of zucchini and peanuts sounds wonderful:)

Shanavi said... Reply To This Comment

I've always wondered what to make with zucchini and ended up making kofta balls wit that..But tjis sounds interesting and Yum it looks

Shobha said... Reply To This Comment

Something different..looks nice and yummy.

Nandinis food said... Reply To This Comment

Nice rice...Good with pachadi.

Hamaree Rasoi said... Reply To This Comment

Excellent looking combination. A very simple recipe as well.

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Jeyashris Kitchen said... Reply To This Comment

i have never tried zucchini so for in my cooking.looks nice and love the addition of peanuts

Nammi said... Reply To This Comment

yumm, looks delicious

Sensible Vegetarian said... Reply To This Comment

Looks so delicious. A very unique combo.

Taste of Beirut said... Reply To This Comment

The photo just made me hungry all over again!

Zoe said... Reply To This Comment

Delicious and quick. What a great recipe!

Vimitha Durai said... Reply To This Comment

Delicious combo and the addition of peanuts is tempting me...

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

Looks great, if it completely done in MW, please do send it to my "MEC - Rice" event.

Rumana Rawat said... Reply To This Comment

Simple yet very delicious:)

chef and her kitchen said... Reply To This Comment

Yummy combo...easy to make n good 2 eat..

sanjeeta kk said... Reply To This Comment

Healthy and delicious rice!

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Archana said... Reply To This Comment

Looks delicious.

Mina Joshi said... Reply To This Comment

Looks soooo delicious!!

Indrani said... Reply To This Comment

Looks mouth watering, Priya

CurryLeaf said... Reply To This Comment

Delicious rice Priya. Never tried zuchini with PBmasala

Suji said... Reply To This Comment

Wow rice looks scrumptious :)I love zucchini in any form

Gayathri Anand said... Reply To This Comment

looks delicious ..new recp. to me ..thanks for sharing this

Smita P said... Reply To This Comment

Wow Priya... once again healthy and tasty... I love this.