Friday, November 13, 2009

Rajma & Bellpepper Pulao

Personally i always feel that preparing pulao seems quite easier than making out briyanis after a late wake up that too on sundays, our's this sunday menu went for this easy and simple as well as quick pulao with rajma which i already soaked, cooked and frozen ,prepared along with sauteed bellpeppers with spices,which i mixed to the already cooked basmati rice...This pulao needs hardly few minutes if u have everything besides u...Easy pulao suits prefectly for a lunch box menu, even the little one at home love this delicious and mildly spiced rice with papads or with boiled eggs..Kidney beans are an excellent source of molybdenum. They are a very good source of folate, dietary fiber and manganese. Kidney beans are a good source of protein, thiamine, phosphorus, iron, copper, magnesium, and potassium. Needless to say how healthy those green bell peppers.This pulao goes for simple spices and am damn sure that everyone at home will definitely love this colourful, delicious, flavourful and healthy pulao..



1cup Cooked rajma
1no Bellpepper (chopped as cubes)
3cups Cooked Basmati rice
2nos Bay leaves
1/2tsp Cumin seeds
1no Onion (chopped finely)
2nos Slit opened green chillies
1/2tsp Red chilly powder
1tsp Turmeric powder
1tsp Coriander powder
1/2tsp Garam masala powder
Salt
Oil
5nos Curryleaves

Heat enough oil and fry the bay leaves, cumin seeds together until they turns brown, add immediately the chopped onions, curryleaves and cook well until the onions turns transculent, add immediately the cooked rajma beans, coriander powder, turmeric powder, slit opened green chillies, red chilly powder, salt, garam masala powder and toss gently in simmer until the oil get separates,now add the bellpepper cubes cook for few minutes until they get half cooked..Add the already cooked rice to the veggies-masala mixture and toss gently until the rice get well mixed with veggies..

Serve hot with papads or hard boiled eggs!

28 comments:

Nandinis food said... Reply To This Comment

So appetizing and temptlicious! Yeah, it's a very easy and a healthy pulao to make!

Finla said... Reply To This Comment

I too prefer to make pulao that biriyanis as the latter i think is too mych work.
This looks so so delicous and i love the addition of peppers too.

Shanthi Krishnakumar said... Reply To This Comment

A different combo for pulao. Nice try

Menaga Sathia said... Reply To This Comment

healthy combination pulao very nice!!

prasu said... Reply To This Comment

looking sooooo good dear......it sounds yummy yum...

Sunitha said... Reply To This Comment

sounds simple and healthy.. Thanks for sharing.

Sushma Mallya said... Reply To This Comment

A Nice healthy combo for pulav...looks delicious and quick to make too...

SE said... Reply To This Comment

nice combo!!

Rohini said... Reply To This Comment

Well-said Priya, Pulav's are best quick fix when you have everything ready.. Never tried Rajma Pulav, sounds so delicious! :)

Sarah Naveen said... Reply To This Comment

ooh!!! yummy yumyy!!
Can finish off the plate now ,if u can pass me :)

CurryLeaf said... Reply To This Comment

Wow.I have never tried rajma in rice.Everytime I plan to do so,something else comes up and I drop the idea.This looks too good

Shama Nagarajan said... Reply To This Comment

delicious rice

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

Yummy rice...different combo..good to try..over biryani

Soma Pradhan said... Reply To This Comment

looking yummy...and diff pulao...

Saraswathy Balakrishnan said... Reply To This Comment

a different recipe....looks yummy

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

oh yum, fabulous ingredients..I love anything that contains bellpepper.

Radhika@foodfor7stages said... Reply To This Comment

I agree, it is quick and easy to prepare pulao..Rajma, Bellpepper combo looks fabulous..

Sumi said... Reply To This Comment

delicious rice.Love Rajma, got to try this recipe sometime

Suparna said... Reply To This Comment

I really admire ur combination skills priya, the pulao looks yummy

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

Great combination, am sure it wud taste too gud!

Vrinda said... Reply To This Comment

Interesting yummy combo..lov Rajma ..looks yummmm

Cham said... Reply To This Comment

For me Biryani became a classy Sunday lunch! Pulao is always reserved for my lazy days! Good one!

chakhlere said... Reply To This Comment

Lovely rice priya. a very different combination.

Tina said... Reply To This Comment

I luv rajma...thanku for sharing this delicious recipe...

Jeyashris Kitchen said... Reply To This Comment

This looks simply superb,i make it in a differnt way with white channa.Bu making with rajma sounds different and surely a change from usual rajma gravy.

lissie said... Reply To This Comment

Rajma and Bellpepper pulao looks perfect and yummy! I will have it with pappads and hard boiled eggs... :)

my kitchen said... Reply To This Comment

Looks tempting

Valarmathi Sanjeev said... Reply To This Comment

Nice combo, looks yummy.