Steamed Curry Rice Recipe

Ingredients

• 3 cups soaked and cooked rice (chawal)
• 2 tbsp garlic (lehsun) paste
• lemon
• 1/2 cup coconut milk (nariyal ka doodh)
• 1/4 cup diagonally cut french beans and boiled
• 1/4 cup boiled green peas
• 1/4 cup sliced baby corn and boiled
• 1 tbsp finely chopped basil
• 1 tsp lemon rind
• 45659 banana leaves (kele ka patta)
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• salt (namak) to taste

Steps

1. Heat the olive oil, add the garlic paste and red chilli paste and cook for 3 to 4 minutes.
2. Add the coconut milk, all the boiled vegetables, basil, lemon rind and salt and bring the coconut milk to a boil.
3. Add the rice and mix well.
4. Turn this flavoured rice onto the centre of a banana leaf (kitchen foil can be used as substitute).
5. Fold the leaf into a square packet and steam in a steamer till done.