Mexican Style Rice for Kapha Dosha

 This is a great one dish meal that is not too heavy
and is easily digestible

 

Ingredients:

3 tbsp Corn or Sunflower Oil

2 cups rice

2 cloves garlic, minced

1 large red onion, chopped

3-4 Green chillies, sliced diagonally

1 tbsp Cumin powder

1 yellow tomato, chopped
1 tsp sugar

1/2 green bell pepper, chopped

3cups Chicken stock or chicken buillion

Salt

Black pepper

Fresh cilantro, chopped

 

Method:

 

• Wash rice well and drain. Set aside.
• Heat oil in a medium saucepan.  When hot, add in the garlic, onion and green chillie and stir fry on medium heat until onion is golden.
• Add in the rice and salt and continue to stir fry for about 5 minutes or until the raw rice is no longer damp and is starting to dry out and brown up a bit.
• Add in the cumin powder and black pepper and stir fry for about 3-4 minutes so that the cumin becomes spicy fragrant and loses the raw smell. The mixture should look a little oily.
• Add in the green pepper, tomato and sugar, and stir fry again mixing all ingredients well. Add in the chicken stock stirring well and return to the boil.
• Once boiling, reduce the heat to medium low, cover and continue to cook for about 20 minutes or until rice is done.
• About half way through, remove the lid and stir through to ensure rice is not burning at the bottom of the pan.  Cover and continue cooking until rice is done.
• Top off this dish with freshly chopped cilantro.