fruits rice

Ingredients:

*Basmati rice - 1 cup
*Cloves -1
*Butter - 1 tsp
*Cinnamon - 1 inch
*Bay leaves - 1
*Ginger-garlic paste - 1/4 tsp
*Mix-veggie - 1/2 cup ( I used frozen peas, corn, carrot and beans)
*Red capsicum - 1
*Onion - 1 medium
*Green chillies - 3
*Raisins - 10-15
*Coriander leaves for garnishing
*Black and green grapes - 1/2 cup (seedless)
* oil - 1 tablespoon

Method:

Wash and soak the basmati rice in warm water for 20 min. Then cook the rice. Spread the rice in plate with use of fork and drizzle 2 tsp of olive oil.

Heat oil in a non-stick pan add bay leaves, cloves, cinnamon, capsicum fry till it becomes crunchy.

Then add green chillies, ginger-garlic paste and onion and fry it till pinkish brown.

Now add the cooked vegetables and mix well and cook for 5 min.

Simultaneously heat 1 tsp of butter in a small pan add raisins, grapes and fry it for 3 min. Keep aside.

Now add cooked rice, salt in the cooked vegetables and mix gently and cook for 5 min.

Finally garnish with coriander leaves, raisins and grapes and mix for 2 min. Switch off heat.

Serve hot with hot sauce or veggie stir fry.