Black-eyed Peas,Carrot & Capsicum Rice

Black-eyed peas have became a part of my cooking as everyone at home love this excellent protein rich beans. This is the first time, am preparing a rice dish with this ultimate beans. Trust me this beans are seriously versatile and you can dish many incredible dishes with this fantastic beans. If you have cooked black-eyed peas in your fridge, then trust me, today's rice dish will gets ready very quickly than you can imagine. A prefect lunch box friendly rice dish to pack in anyone's lunch box. Though i have added black-eyed peas, you can prepare this same rice with any sort of beans. Flavored simply with garam masala,pav bhaji powder, cumin and pepper powder, this incredible healthy rice is definitely an easy breezy dish. Since i used grated carrots and cubed capsicums,just saute the vegetables, black-eyed peas with spices before adding the rice, thats it your rice gets ready to enjoy with your favourite side dish.

This protein rich carrot and capsicum rice goes to this month's blogging marathon. You might have noticed that am running this month's blogging marathon with 'Protein rich dish' as theme. I always have cooked or already soaked beans in my freezer,so that i can add this nutritious legumes in my cooking quite often whenever i feel like having them. Coming to this rice, prepared with my kids favourite vegetables and black-eyed peas, needless to say that this rice tastes fabulous with fryums or hard boiled eggs. Pack this nutritious rice to your loved ones, let them enjoy the goodness of the black-eyed peas.

3cups Cooked rice

1cup Grated carrots

1no Green Bell pepper (chopped as small cubes)

3/4cup Cooked Black-eyed peas

1no Onion (chopped)

1tsp Cumin seeds

3nos Green chillies (slit opened)

1tsp Garam masala powder

1/2tsp Cumin powder

1/2tsp Pepper powder

1/2tsp Pav bhaji masala powder

Salt

Oil

Few curry leaves

Heat enough oil in a heavy bottomed pan, fry the cumin seeds, slit opened green chillies and curry leaves.

Add immediately the chopped onions, cook until the onions turns transculent.

Add the cooked black-eyed peas,cook for few minutes.

Now add the grated carrot,cubed green bellpepper with garam masala powder, cumin powder,pepper powder, pav bhaji masala powder and salt, cook everything in simmer until the veggies gets well cooked.

Add now the already cooked rice to the cooking veggies, toss everything gently until the rice gets well coated with the masala.

Put off the stove and serve with your favourite side dish.

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