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This menu has great nutritional balance, providing a good variety of food groups and key nutrients.

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Carbohydrates

60.3g / 61%

Fats

12.6g / 30%

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Enjoy this balanced cuisine made with tasty, nutritious, and affordable local ingredients. Did you know that adding vegetables and herbs at the end of cooking helps to retain their vibrant colours, flavour, crunchiness, and important nutrients?
Enjoy your meal with orange, pineapple, pawpaw, or other fruits high in Vitamin C, to help your body use more iron from the meal. #livestrongwithiron
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Vegetable Brinji Rice Recipe

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Vegetable Brinji Rice Recipe

Name: Vegetable Brinji Rice Recipe
Prep time: PT15.00M
Cook time: PT30.00M
Total time: PT47.00M
Yield: 4.00
Ingredients: 2 Sachets MAGGI Coconut Milk Powder; 2 Cups Warm Water; 1 Cup Rice; 1 Tablespoon Oil; 3 Cloves; 2 Cinnamon; 4 Green cardamom; 2 Bay Leaf; 1 Tablespoon Fennel Seeds (Saunf); 10 Cloves Garlic (Chopped); 2 Onion (Sliced); 3 Green Chillies; 50 gms Green Peas; 1 Pinch Salt; 2 Cups Water; 1 Cup Vegetables (Potatoes; Carrots; Beans) (chopped)

47Min

Easy

Recipe Variants

It is an interesting and flavored pulao recipe made ideally with long grain rice and coconut milk. A one pot dish, it can be used as a main meal or even as a tiffin box filler. For a main meal, try serving with a potato based side dish, some raita as well as some crisps. To add a twist, add 1 cup of mixed vegetables, along with the peas and a handful of chopped mint leaves to make a Vegetable Brinji one pot meal.

Ingredients

4 Servings

2 Sachets

MAGGI Coconut Milk Powder

2 Cups

Warm Water

1 Cup

Rice

1 Tablespoon

Oil

Cloves

Cinnamon

Green cardamom

Bay Leaf

1 Tablespoon

Fennel Seeds (Saunf)

10 Cloves

Garlic (Chopped)

Onion (Sliced)

Green Chillies

50 gms

Green Peas

1 Pinch

Salt

2 Cups

Water

1 Cup

Vegetables (Potatoes, Carrots, Beans) (chopped)

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Nutrition Value

Energy

394.24 kcal

Protein

9.06 g

Carbohydrates

60.34 g

Fats

12.61 g

Information per serving

Step 1

15 Min

Prepare ingredients as mentioned in the list. Wash and soak the rice for 10 minutes.

Step 2

5 Min

Heat oil in a pressure cooker and sauté cloves, cinnamon, cardamom, bay leaves, saunf, and garlic for a few minutes.

Step 3

15 Min

Add onion and green chillies, sauté till the onions turn pink. Add the chopped vegetables and peas, saute for a few minutes. Add the soaked rice to the mixture and sauté for a minute.

Step 4

10 Min

Dissolve the MAGGI Coconut Milk Powder in 2 cups of warm water. Add prepared coconut milk and salt to the rice mixture, pressure cook rice until done.

Step 5

2 Min

Serve hot with onion raita.

Step 1 of 5

Prepare ingredients as mentioned in the list. Wash and soak the rice for 10 minutes.

Step 2 of 5

Heat oil in a pressure cooker and sauté cloves, cinnamon, cardamom, bay leaves, saunf, and garlic for a few minutes.

Step 3 of 5

Add onion and green chillies, sauté till the onions turn pink. Add the chopped vegetables and peas, saute for a few minutes. Add the soaked rice to the mixture and sauté for a minute.

Step 4 of 5

Dissolve the MAGGI Coconut Milk Powder in 2 cups of warm water. Add prepared coconut milk and salt to the rice mixture, pressure cook rice until done.