Pineapple Fried rice

Hi Friends, I am back after a long break. As we shifted our house and it took some time for me to settle down in the new house and I have been bit lazy too. Its more than a month since I posted a recipe in blog. Here is a very yummy recipe that I made multiple times last month and we really liked it. I am sure you all would like it too! Here comes........

Ingredients:

Pineapple chunks - 10-15

Basmati rice - 2 cups

Onion - 1 medium

Garlic - 4-5

Soy Sauce - 3-4 tblspn

Curry powder - 3 tsp

Green chillies - 6-7 (acc to ur spice level)

Peas - 1 cup

Carrot - 2

Cashews - 5-6 pieces

Coriander leaves - for garnishing

Method:

Cook rice and mix tblspn of oil and keep aside. In a bowl add soy sauce, curry powder and mix well.

Heat oil in a pan add extra virgin olive oil add garlic, green chillies and saute well then add onion and fry till it becomes pinkish color.

Add carrot, peas and cashew pieces and fry veggies for 5-10 min. Now add boiled rice, pineapple chunks, salt and cook for 2 min.

Add soy sauce and curry powder mixture and stir gently. cook for 5-10 min in medium flame.

Garnish with coriander leaves...

Veggie Fruit fried rice

Fruits and vegetable contain essential vitamins, minerals, and fiber that may help protect you from chronic diseases. They are the natural source of energy and give the body many nutrients you need to keep going.

Fruits and veggies come in terrific colors and flavors, but their real beauty lies in what's inside. Eating in different colors give your body a wide range of valuable nutrients. 

I made this colorful recipe for today's lunch. The fresh fruits gives you additional taste for the recipe.

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)

Extra virgin olive 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.

This rice dish is participating in Nag's Ravishing Rice event, started by Meeta.