A quick-fix lunch box idea was an instant hit with my daughter’s friends and she told me the other day that her friends were asking for the Green Rice to do another entry to the school. I am glad because the rice,subtly spiced contains all the goodness of the vegetable and the leafy greens too ! Care should be taken to cook broccoli the right way ! Over-cooking makes it mushy thereby losing all its nutrients.

What goes:-

Broccoli Florets – 1 cup (washed & immersed in hot water and then rinsed in cold water)
Chinese Cabbage – 2 to 3 leaves (washed & chopped finely)
Rice – 1 cup (washed)
Onion – 1 (large) – (finely chopped)
Green Chillis – 2 – to taste (sliced diagonally)
Garlic – 3 to 4 pods (sliced)
Mace – little
Cardamom pods- 2 to 3
Fennel seeds – 1 tbsp
Butter – 1 tsp
Kitchen King – 1 tbsp

How:-

In a pressure pan, add butter and lightly saute fennel seeds. Now add mace and the cardamom pods and give it a quick stir. Add chopped onion & green chillis and fry till it turns translucent.

Now add salt to taste as well as the kitchen king (or garam masala) and let the raw smell of the masala evaporate.Add the chopped greens and stir fry till it starts wilting. Finally add the florets and let it cook for 1-2 minutes. Add the washed rice with required amount of water.

Pressure cook till 3 whistles. Serve hot with choice accompaniments.

Enjoy !

Linking it to Nivedita’s Only Original Recipes event announcement by Pari

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20 Comments

Reshmi Mahesh March 20, 2011 at 4:26 pm - Reply

Yummy and healthy one pot meal…

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Saraswathi Iyer March 20, 2011 at 4:32 pm - Reply

Looks delicious.
divya March 20, 2011 at 4:36 pm - Reply

Wow…soo healthy n delicious rice..
Vimitha Durai March 20, 2011 at 4:48 pm - Reply

Healthy one pot meal…
Unknown March 20, 2011 at 4:49 pm - Reply

delicious chinese rice.healthy too.
Sravs March 20, 2011 at 5:11 pm - Reply

So yummy and healthy rice !!
Priya Suresh March 20, 2011 at 5:45 pm - Reply

Very interesting and healthy rice, definitely an unusual combo.
kitchen queen March 20, 2011 at 6:03 pm - Reply

yummy and delish rice.
Elaichii March 20, 2011 at 7:02 pm - Reply

Healthy rice!
Suja Manoj March 20, 2011 at 7:51 pm - Reply

Great one pot meal..looks yum
Vidhya March 20, 2011 at 9:42 pm - Reply

Wow a great one pot meal.Bookmarking this.
Elisabeth March 20, 2011 at 10:41 pm - Reply

Such an interesting combination, that I would like to try. Healthy, and tasty. Love broccoli with rice, but never had it with cabbage.
Thanks for sharing, Priya:D
USHA March 20, 2011 at 11:15 pm - Reply

Nice combo….actually good way to take cabbage also.

Always we get it, sit for long time in fridge. Now got good receipe to consume in nice way/.
Love2cook Malaysia March 21, 2011 at 1:58 am - Reply

Healthy and delicious rice dear! :D
KrithisKitchen March 21, 2011 at 2:29 am - Reply

Great combo.. So perfect for lunch box..

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Padhu Sankar March 21, 2011 at 6:44 am - Reply

Yummy!
Suchitra Vaidyaram March 21, 2011 at 7:04 am - Reply

broccoli is my all time fav- looks flavorful rice, priya!
Abhilash Pillai March 21, 2011 at 9:14 am - Reply

It is indeed a variety. I should try this
schmetterlingwords March 21, 2011 at 12:07 pm - Reply

Lovely green and totally nutrients packed… I have a pack of frozen Broccoli sitting in my fridge, may be I cud try this.. :-)
Ramya March 21, 2011 at 1:54 pm - Reply

Lovely one pot meal…:-)