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Capsicum Masala Rice

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This fast and flavorful dish is a simple recipe, quick and easy-to-make and so tasty! I got this
capsicum rice recipe from one of our pot-luck party friends and I tweaked the recipe a bit to add
more spice and crunch to it. Fresh crunchy capsicums, masala flavor and crunchy peanuts jazz
up the taste of the rice dish and make this recipe a real winner!

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This rice dish is made by combining cooked rice in a roasted spice blend of cinnamon,red
chillis,black gram,cumin,roasted peanuts and coriander seeds in ghee, infused with seasoning
of mustard seeds, aromatic curry leaves and capsicums and garnished with roasted peanuts.
The crunchy peanuts both in the spice blend and as a garnish lend the rice its unmistakable
flavor.

Capsicum Masala Rice

Recipe source: Amma

Prep & Cooking: 30-35 mts

Serves 4-5 persons

Ingredients:

3 cups of cooked rice (each grain should be separate, add a tsp of ghee to the rice and
combine)

1 1/2 tbsp ghee/oil

1 tsp mustard seeds

10-12 fresh curry leaves

2 big capsicums (bell peppers – thinly sliced)

salt to taste

1 tbsp grated fresh coconut (optional)

1 tbsp roasted peanuts (garnish)

To be roasted in ghee and ground to a fine pwd:

3-4 dry red chillis (adjust to your spice level)

1 tbsp coriander seeds

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½ tsp cumin seeds

1 tsp black gram dal (minappappu)

1” cinnamon stick (dal chinichakka)

2 tbsp roasted peanuts

1 tsp ghee (clarified butter)

1 Heat ghee in a cooking vessel on medium heat and add cumin seeds and black gram and fry
till the cumin splutters and the dal turns light brown. Add the coriander seeds, cinnamon stick,
curry leaves and dry red chillis and fry further for another minute till the rawness disappears and
the flavors come out. Finally add the roasted peanuts and combine with the other spices for a
few seconds and turn off heat. Once cool, grind to a make a fine powder.

2 In the same vessel, add oil/ghee and once its hot, add mustard seeds and let them splutter.
Add the curry leaves and let the flavor of the curry leaves come out and the leaves turn crisp.

3 Add the sliced capsicums and fry them for approx 3 minutes. Don’t over cook them, let the
capsicums retain their crunchy texture. Add salt to taste and combine well.

4 Reduce heat and add the cooked rice and combine with the spice mixture.

5 Add the grated coconut,roasted peanuts and ground masala powder and combine with the
rice till its well mixed.

6 Serve hot with any gravy curry of your choice or with just pickle, yogurt and appadam. Makes a
complete meal !

Note:

This rice can be prepared using other vegetables like carrots, potatoes, gherkins, egg plants,
bitter gourd etc. A lovely healthy rice dish, deliciously different, that goes with just about
anything, or nothing at all! The peanuts really brings out the flavor, so don’t skip this step.
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Capsicum Masala Rice Recipe

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This fast and flavorful dish is a simple recipe, quick and easy-to-make and so tasty! I got this
capsicum rice recipe from one of our pot-luck party friends and I tweaked the recipe a bit to add
more spice and crunch to it. Fresh crunchy capsicums, masala flavor and crunchy peanuts jazz
up the taste [...]

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sridevi

Hi Sailu,
thaks for sharing recipe. I have a small doubt. You said 3 cups of cooked rice. That
means 3 cups raw rice i need to cook or cooked rice is 3 cups. Can u please clarify my
doubt? So that i can prepare this recipe as soon as possible. Thank u very much.

Its 3 cups of cooked rice, Sridevi. You can adjust the rice according to the masala, by
checking the flavor.

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Grisel Lorente

Hi

I had this Indian rice dish and I cannot figure out what it is. It was a white rice with little
black balls that looked like black pepper- but it wasn't. I think I remember the rice dish
being a little crunchy but that just could have been the rice texture. I could not get enough
of it. My son graduated from Kindergarten and there were two classes so over 60 kids
and even more adults- no idea who made it. HELP! i need the rice now...

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Hridya Collections

all time favorite dish Great pics Sailu

4 months ago 1 Like Like Reply

nk

Hi
I am planning to make 1kg of this rice can i mix everything with the rice is a separate
bowl as i dont have such a big container? does it taste the same. manam pulihora
chesinattu annam aarinaka capsicum mixture anta kalapacha

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Sirichandana987

hi sailu.
thank you so much...........

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