Spanish Rice (Friday Lunch)
Thursday, December 10, 2015
The week goes by so fast,
Friday to Friday comes and it gets so hard to come with a new dish for lunch!
This is my favorite rice dish and it's super easy and quick to make.
It's defiantly different from the biryani or akni or dhal.
INGREDIENTS
Chicken fillets (cubed)
Chopped onions
Cumin (whole)
Salt
Green chutney (green chilies and coriander)
Red chili powder
Lemon juice
Mixed Vegetables
Tomatoes (liquidated)
Boiled rice
METHOD
- Braise the onions with ghee (clarified butter) or olive oil with whole cumin.
- When golden; add the chicken cubes with the salt, green chutney, red chili powder and lemon juice.
- Top with a little water and cook for a bit.
- Next add the mixed vegetables (you can use frozen ones or if you have fresh veggies in your fridge use those).
- Cook till done.
- Add the liquidated tomatoes (one or 2 depending on how much you're making), cook a little more but don't over cook.
- Top with boiled rice and mix well.
- Give a steam.
- Serve with dhai and a light relish.
DHAI - sour milk, green chutney; whip well!
LIGHT RELISH - yogurt, green chutney, cubed cucumber, cubed carrots, cubed colorful peppers; mix well and serve cold.
27 comments
Looks lispmacking! So true... it is difficult for me as well to think what to cook every Fridays, sometimes I just go back to our basic ghee rice-chicken curry combo and then the kids tell me, "Y no biriyani?" :)
ReplyDeleteYeah it gets hard to try and switch it up and usually Friday has to be a rice dish in the traditional sense, my family loves to try new rice dishes and the kids will love this, its very light as well and healthy.
DeleteLooks delish! Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteShukran for commenting :)
DeleteThis sounds tasty! I made a similar dish yesterday - will give this a go very soon :)
ReplyDeleteShukran for commenting :) Inshallah let me know how it goes :)
DeleteHmmmm looks soooo goood!!! I love rice and this looks so easy and quick to make - which is always a bonus!
ReplyDeleteYes it is! :) Jazakallah for commenting, I hope you give the recipe a try.
Deletelooks yummy ! I'll definitely add some mushrooms to this :)
ReplyDeleteJazakallah :) I have never tried it with mushrooms, maybe because I'm not a fan, but if you are go for it and let me know how it goes :)
DeleteI love rice in any form.. but we have it so rarely.. and Fridays. I tend not to cook at all! :-P. neat and easy recipe.. and that plate is good one!
ReplyDeleteAh so lucky! By us every Friday has to be some kind of rice dish, but now that time flies by it's hard to keep switching it up so now we have to experiment. I thought this would be a good recipe to share for anyone to try lol when you do cook it give this recipe a try it's so much easier and lighter than the heavy traditional rice dishes lol
DeleteThe recipe is really simple and looks yummy... :)
ReplyDeleteIt really is and no flop chance so that's always a plus :) jazakallah for commenting :)
DeleteI always make fried rice so this would be a great alternative for something slightly different.
ReplyDeleteGreat to switch it up, we hardly ever fry our rice I think we need to switch it up too lol
DeleteYummy yummy! seems really delicious. Thanks for sharing with us :)
ReplyDeleteAww you're welcome :)
DeleteI love all the veggies and colour combination. Makes for a healthy alternative to eating rice.
ReplyDeleteI love colorful dishes lol I think everyone eats with their eyes also especially kids so this will really get them to eat their veggies.
DeleteHello, MashaAllah, what a wonderful recipe this is... and it looks really nice.
ReplyDeleteaww thank you :)
DeleteAsalamoalikum Zainab,
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot for such an easy and delicious meal. If a wont add liquified tomatoes than it goes the same way?
Eat Healthy Stay Healthy :)
Myda Tahir
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I haven't tried without tomatoes, they make it more gravy like so it's not so dry.
DeleteLove chicken dishes! Will have to try this one
ReplyDeleteI love chicken dishes too! Let me know how it goes :)
DeleteLooks yummy,but I don't have green chutney. Can I make my own?
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