Indian Cooking Recipe: Brinjal Masala Rice
The following are the instructions on how to cook delicious Indian food: Brinjal Masala Rice
Ingredients:
1. 500 gms Rice (Basmati), soaked and drained
2. 200 gms Brinjal (Black Round one), cut into 1 inch cubes
3. 1 ½ tbsp coriander seeds, Roasted
4. 3 - 4 one inch pieces of cinnamon sticks
5. 1 tsp jeera
6. 1 tsp mustard seeds
7. ½ tsp cloves
8. ½ tsp black pepper corns
9. 1 ½ inch ginger (paste or grated)
10. Salt to taste,
11. ½ cup grated coconut
12. 2 tsps green chilli paste
13. Coriander leaves chopped
14. Turmeric powder
Method of Preparation:
First fry all the ingredients i.e. from coriander seeds to pepper seeds and make powder. Take ghee or oil and heat in a vessel. Add mustard seeds and jeera. When they start splutter, add ginger paste fry till it becomes brown. Then add drained rice and powdered masala, turmeric powder. Mix them well and fry for a 5 minutes and add water, salt, green chilli paste, half of grated coconut. Cover the lid and cook till rice is ¾th cooked. Now add brinjal and cook till brinjal and rice is done and garnish with chopped coriander leaves and grated coconut serve hot with raitha or you can serve with ghee and lime juice.
