Yellow Fried Rice
December 28th, 2008 filed under Rice, Vegan
Yellow rice is very flavorful and aromatic with great blend of spices. Turmeric adds the vivid golden color to the rice. Yellow rice is quick, and easy to make. This goes great with soup, and salad or as a side dish with any meal.
Recipe serves 2 to 4.
Ingredients:
- 1 cup basmati rice
- 1/2 cup green peas
- 2 cups water
- 3 tablespoons oil
- Pinch of asafetida (hing)
- 1 teaspoon cumin seed (jeera)
- 1 teaspoon mustard seed (rai)
- 4 whole red chilies (sabut lal mirch)
- 2 bay leaves (tajpat)
- About 1inch piece of cinnamon stick (dal chini)
- 1 teaspoon salt adjust to taste
- 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
Method
- Wash rice gently and soak it for at least 15 minutes prior to cooking.
- After cooking rice expands to about three times in volume, so be sure to use the proper size pan.
- Drain the rice and put into the saucepan. Add the water, green peas, 1 teaspoon of oil, and salt, bring to a boil and turn the heat to low, and cover the pan.
- Cook about 15 minutes, or until the rice is tender and the water has evaporated. Turn off the heat and fluff the rice with a fork.
- Heat the oil in a frying pan on medium high. Test the heat by adding one cumin seed to the oil; if seed cracks right away oil is ready. Add asafetida, cumin seeds, and mustard seeds.
- After the seeds crack, add red chilies, bay leaves, and cinnamon stick and stir-fry for few seconds.
- Add rice, turmeric, and cayenne pepper to the spices in frying pan. Mix it gently.
- Stir-fry for about 5 to 6 minutes.
- Serve hot with soup, dal or yogurt.
Dear Mrs. Manjula,
I have gone through your videos. It is very nice of you to put these videos which makes it very easy for us to watch and prepare the dishes.
I tried your Gajar ka halwa which turned out very good. Also tried Aloo Paratha & Gobhi Parathas. Too good.
I have one request – can you show on video how to prepare veg hakka noodles?
I have tried to make them but somehow the noodels become soft after adding veggies & sauces.
Please try and put this video. Thanks in advance.
Your yellow was truly very very nice.
Hi,
Thanking you for posting this recipe, I loved it! My husband’s family is from Gujarat, they do this dish slightly different but i really love this version. I’m so glad I found your site, I’m looking forward to trying many of your recipes. Love you site!
So what other dishes go with this rice?
If i wanted to make dinner, what else can I cook and serve with the yellow rice?
do samosas go with it?
hi manjula aunty!! i have tried couple of your recipes and it turned out really gud, i just wanna quick question about this recipe, can i use red chili powder or paprika instead of cayenne pepper??
Hello Mithily, eather one will be fine
This dish is easy to prepare and packed with flavor. Delicious! Thank you for sharing!
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Thanks for taking the time to publish all the vegetarian recipes.
I make a lot of these rice dishes with left over rice. Just skip the water part of the recipe because the rice is already cooked.
namaste aunty how r u? aunty u r great .you give this recipe is so easy and u change orignal look totally diffrent .and its looks nice also.today i try this .did i do this same thing with left over rice?