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Vegetable Rice with Cheese Sauce

Tarla Dalal
08 July, 2014


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Here is a flavourful and kids-friendly rice preparation with a patriotic hue. Kids will love the texture of the cheese sauce topped rice, as well as the colourful garnish of crisp, stir-fried veggies. While this is best had hot, it can also be packed for snack-time.
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Preparation Time
15 Mins
Cooking Time
19 Mins
Total Time
34 Mins
Makes
3 servings
Ingredients
For The Rice
1/2 cup rice (chawal) , soaked for 15 minutes and drained
1 tbsp butter
1 tsp cumin seeds (jeera)
1/4 cup finely chopped onion
1 tsp finely chopped garlic (lehsun)
salt to taste
For The Cheese Sauce
2 cheese slices , broken into pieces
1 tsp butter
1 tsp plain flour (maida)
3/4 cup milk
salt to taste
For The Stir-fried Vegetables
1/2 cup chopped and chopped and boiled french beans
1/2 cup chopped and boiled carrots
1/2 cup boiled sweet corn kernels (makai ke dane)
1 tsp butter
salt to taste
Method
For the rice
- Heat the butter in a broad non-stick pan and add the cumin seeds.
- When the seeds crackle, add the onions and garlic and sauté on a medium flame for 1 minute.
- Add the rice, salt and 1¼ cups of hot water, mix well and cook on a medium flame for 8 to 10 minutes, or till the rice is cooked, while stirring occasionally. Keep aside.
For the cheese sauce
- Heat the butter in a broad non-stick pan, add the plain flour and cook on a medium flame for a few seconds.
- Add the milk, mix well and cook on a medium flame for 1 minute or till the sauce thickens, while stirring continuously.
- Add the cheese slices and salt, mix well and cook on a medium flame for 1 to 2 minutes or till the cheese melts, while stirring continuously. Keep aside.
For the stir-fried vegetables
- Heat the butter in a broad non-stick pan, add the french beans, carrots, sweet corn and salt and sauté on a medium flame for 1 to 2 minutes. Keep aside.
How to proceed
- Reheat the rice in a broad non-stick pan, add the cheese sauce and stir-fried vegetables, mix well and cook on a medium flame for 1 to 2 minutes, while stirring occasionally.
- Serve hot.
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Nutrient values (Abbrv)per plate
Energy | 281 cal |
Protein | 8.6 g |
Carbohydrates | 33.4 g |
Fiber | 2.4 g |
Fat | 11.7 g |
Cholesterol | 36.3 mg |
Sodium | 232.8 mg |
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rjpatel
Sept. 8, 2021, 3:43 p.m.
awsome rice, children had it in a jiffy and elders want more & more...worth to make in a daily meal...very quick and easily acceptable by all...a must tiffin recipe...thanks a ton TD Team

Karuna Gandhi
Feb. 13, 2016, 2:37 p.m.
Chawal ki yeh dish is like combination of pulav, fried subziyan with chessy flavour/layer. Dil khus howaa kha ke.