Coriander Rice | Coriander Bhaat | Bhaat Recipes
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Recipe type: Lunch
Cuisine: Indian
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Serves: 2-3 people
 
Quick and easy rice dish for your lunch box, delicious and tasty coriander rice
Ingredients
  • 1 Cup fresh coriander leaves
  • 1-2 fresh green chilli
  • 1 Tsp coconut oil
  • 1 Tsp ghee
  • ½ + 1 Tsp jeera
  • 4-5 whole black peppercorns
  • 1-2 bay leaf/leaves
  • 1" cinnamon/dalchini
  • 1 pinch hing
  • 10-12 cashews
  • ½ Cup fresh/frozen green peas
  • 1 Cup basmati/sona masuri rice
  • Salt to taste
  • 2 Cups water
Method
  1. Wash rice 2-3 times and keep aside
  2. Take fresh coriander, remove roots, pick and clean, wash 2-3 times
  3. In a mixer jar, add coriander, green chilli, 1 Tsp jeera, hing
  4. With little water, grind into a paste, keep aside
  5. In a pan, heat oil and ghee
  6. Keep whole garam masala ready
  7. Fry jeera, cinnamon and black pepper till they release aroma
  8. Next add bay leaf and fry for a few seconds
  9. Tip in whole cashews and fry till they turn golden
  10. Next pour ground coriander masala paste and start sauteing
  11. Once the mixture gets cooked, add green peas and mix well
  12. Add washed rice and salt to taste
  13. Mix well and pour 2 Cups water
  14. Cover and cook till all liquid gets absorbed
  15. Let it rest for 10 mins, fluff up the rice
  16. Serve hot with palak raitha or mixed veg raitha
Notes
You can substitute ½ the water with thin coconut milk i.e. for 1 measure rice add 1 measure water and 1 measure thin coconut milk

Rice can also be cooked beforehand and mixed with masala after the rice has cooled down. Ensure masala is not watery

Use only ghee or only oil, I added both because both flavours are amazing!
Recipe by Food Of Interest at https://foodofinterest.com/coriander-rice/