Bhindi Rice | Okra Rice » Dassana’s Veg Recipes

Bhindi rice with step-by-step images. This can be a easy comforting spiced okra and rice dish, the place sauteed okra (bhindi) is combined with cooked rice. That is a straightforward and attractive rice recipe with okra that may be made for lunch in addition to for a tiffin field. Gluten-free, vegan and a kid-friendly recipe as it isn’t spicy.

In case you have leftover cooked rice, then half of the work is finished and the recipe could be ready rapidly. Since I make okra typically, I might be sharing another fast bhindi recipe quickly.

Within the recipe put up, I’ve talked about all of the steps, together with the cooking of rice. Use any number of short-grained or long-grained rice.

I’ve used ambe mohar rice, which is a fragrant rice domestically grown in Maharashtra. I generally make this recipe with basmati rice or sona masuri rice.

I’ve cooked rice in a pan, however you possibly can cook dinner the rice grains in a stress cooker too.

Bhindi rice could be served plain or with facet raita or plain curd or a veggie salad. It may also be served with rasam or curd kadhi or any spicy curry.

Step-by-Step Information

make Bhindi Rice

1. Rinse 1 cup of rice first very nicely in water. Then soak for 20 to half-hour. After 20 to half-hour drain all of the water from the rice. Preserve the rice apart.

You should utilize any non-sticky number of small-grained or medium-grained or long-grained rice. Basmati rice or sona masuri rice additionally works nicely on this recipe.

2. Rinse 250 grams of okra in water. Wipe them dry after which chop them in 1 to 1.5 cm roundels. Preserve apart.

Observe: Use the okra that’s recent and tender. Keep away from utilizing stringy or fibrous okra for the very best style and taste.

3. On full warmth, warmth 3.5 to 4 cups of water in a pan. Then add the next substances:

• ½ teaspoon shahi jeera (caraway seeds) or jeera (cumin)
• 1 small tej patta (Indian bay leaf)
• ¼ teaspoon salt or add as per style.

4. Convey the water to a boil.

5. Then add the rice and frivolously stir. Don’t scale back the warmth.

6. Cook dinner the rice until it’s utterly executed. Don’t cowl the pan with a lid whereas cooking rice.

7. The rice must be utterly cooked.

8. Pressure in a colander. Preserve the cooked rice apart.

9. In a mortar-pestle take the next spices and herbs:

• 3 medium-sized garlic (roughly chopped)
• ½ inch ginger (roughly chopped)
• ½ teaspoon fennel seeds
• 1 inexperienced cardamom
• 2 cloves
• ½ inch cinnamon

10. Crush to a semi-fine paste.

Making okra rice

11. In a kadai or pan, warmth 2 tablespoons of oil. You should utilize any impartial flavored oil.

Preserve the warmth low to medium. Add mustard seeds and allow them to crackle.

12. Then add ⅓ cup chopped onions.

13. Stir nicely and saute the onions until they flip translucent. Don’t brown onions. Preserve stirring at common intervals and saute the onions until translucent on low to medium warmth.

14. Now add the crushed semi-fine paste that we ready earlier.

15. Subsequent add 1 sprig of curry leaves (10 to 12 curry leaves) and 1 inexperienced chili, chopped (about half teaspoon of chopped inexperienced chilies).

16. Stir and saute for a few seconds or until the uncooked aroma of ginger-garlic goes away. 

if you’d like, you too can add 1 medium chopped tomato at this step and saute until it turns into pulpy.

17. Now add ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder and ¼ teaspoon purple chili powder. Shortly stir.

This recipe shouldn’t be spicy. If you wish to make it spicy then add extra purple chilli powder and inexperienced chillies in line with your style preferences.

18. Instantly add the chopped okra.

19. Stir and frivolously combine with the remainder of the substances.

20. Add salt as per style. Additionally do take into account that now we have added a little bit of salt whereas cooking rice too.

21. Stir and blend every thing very nicely.

22. With out overlaying with a lid, on a low flame to medium warmth, saute the okra. Stir at intervals. Additionally don’t add any water. Regulate flame as required.

Stir typically and saute until the okra has softened and cooked nicely.

23. Now add the rice in elements to the okra. Even when the rice is sticky just like the one I had, then additionally no points. Simply break the lumps as you go alongside mixing the okra.

The cooked rice must be heat or at room temperature whenever you add it to the okra.

24. Combine the rice with the okra very nicely. Swap off the warmth. If after mixing rice with okra, you are feeling salt is much less, then sprinkle some extra salt and blend once more.

25. Serve okra rice sizzling or heat accompanied with a veggie salad, raita or curd. You possibly can garnish the okra rice with some chopped coriander leaves if you want.

Within the beneath picture I’ve served it with plain yogurt. You possibly can serve it with raita varieties like boondi raita or cucumber raita or onion tomato raita. You can even pack it for the lunch field.

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This Bhindi Rice put up from the weblog archives first printed in Might 2016 has been republished and up to date on 1 July 2022.