Mexican Rice

About Mexican Rice

Ingredients

• Rice (preferably Basmati), soaked 1 cup
• Vegetable stock 1½ cups
• Oil 2 tbsps
• Garlic cloves, finely chopped 6 to 7
• Onions, sliced 1 cup
• Dried red chillies 3
• Carrots, grated 1½ cups
• Medium green or red capsicum, cut into square pieces 1
• Medium tomato, cut into square pieces 1
• Mexican seasoning 1½ tsps
• Mexican seasoning – grind together
• Cumin seeds 1 tsp
• Red chilli flakes 2 tsps
• Oregano 1 tsp

How to Make Mexican Rice (Stepwise Photos)

Method

1. Heat oil in a big non-stick pan, add garlic and onions and saute for 2-3 minutes on high heat.
2. Add dried red chillies and rice and saute on high heat.
3. Add Mexican seasoning and salt and mix well. Pour 1 cup vegetable stock, mix, cover and cook on medium heat for 5 minutes or till half done.
4. Add carrot, red capsicum and tomato and mix gently so that the rice grains do not break. Add remaining stock, mix, cover and cook further for 3 minutes or till fully done.
5. Transfer into a serving bowl and serve hot.

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Chaitrali Deshmukh

Thank you for the amazing instructions.

I have success w/ my dosa but does not last long stored in the refrigerator.

Maybe I am fermenting for too long, or add the salt before the rise?

I also was wondering if it is important to blend separately or can it be blended all together?

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Chef Saransh Goila

Hi Chaitrali,
Yes, cut down the fermentation time and add salt only to the required portion at the time of making the dosa. Also storing in smaller containers just enough for a day helps. Once the batter in a larger container is disturbed (by stirring or scooping out a little etc), I feel it turns sour faster. You can blend them together if you want. But we do it separately because we want the dal batter to become fluffy and the rice batter slightly coarse. Fluffy dal batter makes the dosas light and coarse rice batter makes them extra crispy without making the dosas hard. Hope this helps