Zucchini Rice

Description

Zucchini a low caloric vegetable, its a versatile vegetable, i have already tried them out as soups, as main dishes as well as gravies, each n every time they turned out excellent, so tried them out as Spicy style of masala rice, the result was amazing n we enjoyed it a lot, another version of Zucchini fried rice with Indian spices…can also be a lunch box menu, as its need only few ingredients n take very less time to prepare..another way to give healthiest foods to our kids…here we go..

Zucchini spicy masala rice/Zucchini Saadham/Zucchini Indian style Fried Rice/ Zucchini masala rice

Ingredients
2 cup	Zucchini grated r chopped into small pieces
2 cup	Basmati rice(cooked)
3 nos	Bay leaves
2 nos	Red chillies
2 nos	Green chillies (slit open)
1 tsp	Garam masala powder
½ tsp	Pepper powder
½ tsp	Cumin seed powder
1 no	Onion (big)
	Salt as per need
	Oil as per need
	Curry leaves

Instructions

Heat oil in a kadai..Cut the onion into pieces lengthwise…add the bayleaves to the hot oil, followed by red chillies, once they r done add the onion pieces n fry them until they turns transculent…bring the already cooked n refrigerated basmati rice to the room temperature r else if u cook them before doing this dish, keep them aside n let them cool…rice shouldnt be hot to prepare this recipe, else they will stick with each other n the spices wont get mixed well with the rice n also will be mushy..now add the grated r finely chopped zucchini pieces to the onions, add the pepper powder, garam masala powder, cumin seed powder n slightly opened green chillies as well as salt, stir them well, zucchini may leaves water, close the kadai with lid n cook in simmer all the veggies, once the veggies r cooked, keep the flame higher until the zucchini water get disappeared, add the cooked basmati rice to the veggies n toss them well until they get well mixed, add the curry leaves to the rice, cook them for a while..put off the stove..