Vegetable Rice With Cheese Sauce Recipe (Childrens Recipes)

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup rice (chawal), soaked for 15 minutes and drained
• 1 tbsp butter
• 1 tsp cumin seeds (jeera)
• 1/4 cup finely chopped onion
• 1 tsp finely chopped garlic (lehsun)
• salt (namak) to taste
• 2 cheese slices, broken into pieces
• 1 tsp butter
• 1 tsp maida (plain flour)
• 3/4 cup milk (whole Buffalo, 6.5% fat)
• salt (namak) to taste
• 1/2 cup chopped and chopped and boiled french beans
• 1/2 cup chopped and boiled carrots
• 1/2 cup boiled sweet corn kernels (makai ke dane)
• 1 tsp butter
• salt (namak) to taste

Steps

1. Heat the butter in a broad non-stick pan and add the cumin seeds.
2. When the seeds crackle, add the onions and garlic and sauté on a medium flame for 1 minute.
3. Add the rice, salt and 1¼ cups of hot water, mix well and cook on a medium flame for 8 to 10 minutes, or till the rice is cooked, while stirring occasionally. Keep aside.
4. Heat the butter in a broad non-stick pan, add the plain flour and cook on a medium flame for a few seconds.
5. Add the milk, mix well and cook on a medium flame for 1 minute or till the sauce thickens, while stirring continuously.
6. Add the cheese slices and salt, mix well and cook on a medium flame for 1 to 2 minutes or till the cheese melts, while stirring continuously. Keep aside.
7. Heat the butter in a broad non-stick pan, add the french beans, carrots, sweet corn and salt and sauté on a medium flame for 1 to 2 minutes. Keep aside.
8. Reheat the rice in a broad non-stick pan, add the cheese sauce and stir-fried vegetables, mix well and cook on a medium flame for 1 to 2 minutes, while stirring occasionally.
9. Serve hot.