Zucchini Rice
January 4th, 2007 filed under Rice, Vegan
Zucchini rice is a great side dish for any time of the day.
Serving for 4.
Ingredients:
- 1 cup rice
- 2 cups water
- 1 cup shredded zucchini (with skin)
- 1 tablespoon of oil
- 1 teaspoon of butter
- 1/2 teaspoon cumin seed (jeera)
- 1/2 teaspoon black mustard seed (rai)
- 4 red peppers whole
- 2 Bay leaves (tajpat)
- 1/2 teaspoon of salt
- Small piece of cinnamon stick about 1/2 inch (dal chini)
- 1 teaspoon of lemon juice
Method:
- Heat the oil and butter in a heavy saucepan over medium high heat. Test the heat by adding one cumin seed to oil; if the cumin cracks right away oil is ready.
- Add cumin seeds and mustard seeds to the oil. After seeds crack add red pepper and bay leaves. Add rice and stir-fry for about 2 minutes.
- Add water, zucchini, salt and lemon juice. Stir and bring to boil.
- After rice comes to a boil turn the heat down to low and cover the pan. Cook rice for about fifteen minutes or until the rice is tender and the water has evaporated.
- Serve as is, with soup, yogurt, and pickle.
Suggestions:
Melt some cheddar cheese over rice.
Variations:
Replace zucchini with 1 1/2 cup finally chopped spinach.
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Hi Manjula Auntie,
What is bay leaves, what do u call in Gujarati, Where should I buy it from?
Kajal
Hi Kajal, Bay leaves in hindi is Taj pat and you can find this in any grocery store.
hi liked ur recipes but wann to konw wat is zucchini???
Zucchini is a tender, somewhat watery summer vegetable from the family of “squashes” or “gourds”; it resembles a cucumber but has a smooth green skin; it is extremely versatile – can slice, batter-dip and deep fry it for a hot snack, can grate and mix with flour and egg for ‘latkes’ (potato pancakes), can grill it with just some olive oil and salt, make breads and muffins with it as in banana bread, or simply saute it with spices of choice.
can u tell me wat is zucchini called in hindi or kannada plz
Zucchini is also called Italian Squash in the US.
For hindi, try Tori/Turaii, however, any gourd/squash vegetable will do for this recipe. It doesn’t have to be only zucchini.
I made this rice tonight and it was amazing. This was my first attempt at indian food and I can’t wait to cook something else tomorrow! The videos are a huge help, thank you so much for taking the time to do this.
I made this for dinner tonight and my family loved it. I didn’t have zucchini, so I used thinly sliced red swiss chard. WONDERFUL! I served it with your recipe for Chana Masala and that was great too. I served the meal with my homemade papaya chutney.
Manjulaji this dish is what I am going to try .. could you give us the receipe for lemon Rice ? We used to eat a lot of that in India especially in the South. We used to take the cooked rice on trips and picnics – I make efforts to make the rice but it does not turn out the same.
Please and thank you. Monica
hello maam,
Earlier I used to download ur recipies. But offlate im not able to do it.
This feels like a silly question, but the rice is uncooked isn’t it? I cooked it beforehand and it turned out kind of mushy and soggy. From the video it seemed like it was supposed to be cooked. But still, it got two out of three thumbs up from my kids per your suggestion to my question in the malai kofta. Thank you so much!!!
this rice was yummy…i added tomato chutney [the one we add in tomato rice]. it became altogether a yummmmyyyy dish…evryone liked it in my hubby’s ‘dabba’….pls teach us some more zucchini recipie…i buy vegetables frm cub foods…so i have very repetitive choice….thanks once again…stay good