Rice with vegetables on the side

Simple, fast, delicious, for all occasions! Rice with vegetables on the side is suitable for many dishes. In addition, you can diversify it to your liking by adding vegetables of different colors and formats. You can use frozen vegetable mixes.
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Composition / ingredients

Servings:
Translation table of volumetric measures
Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 8 % 2 g
Fats 8 % 2 g
Carbohydrates 84 % 21 g
110 kcal
GI: 14 / 86 / 0

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 30 min
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    How to make rice with vegetables as a side dish? Prepare the necessary ingredients for this. For garnish, it is best to use long-grain rice. this rice is less boiled and turns out more crumbly. Peas can be used canned, fresh or, like mine, frozen. It is not necessary to defrost it in advance.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    Take a convenient deep frying pan for cooking, preheat it to a hot state and pour a little vegetable oil. Rinse the rice several times in cold water. Then drain all the water and put the rice in a frying pan. Fry the rice for 5-7 minutes until transparent.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    Then add salt, ground pepper and a little curry to the rice. Pour hot water over the rice. Mix it up. Cook the rice under the lid on low heat for about 20 minutes. During cooking, the rice will absorb all the water and increase in size. Depending on the rice variety, a little more or less water may be needed.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    Peel the onion, rinse and finely chop. Cut the bell pepper into small pieces. In a separate frying pan, heat the vegetable oil and fry the onion and bell pepper. Roasting will take 4-5 minutes. During this time, the Bulgarian pepper will become softer.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    Add vegetable roast, corn and peas to the finished rice. Mix everything and heat it in a frying pan for 2-3 minutes.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

    Rice with vegetables is ready! The perfect side dish for any meat or fish dish. Serve hot. Bon appetit!

How to buy canned corn correctly? Be sure to check the expiration date on the jar. If the container is glass, carefully consider the grains. They should be the same size and color, solid and spotless. The composition should not contain dyes, preservatives and flavor enhancers.

To check whether the oil has warmed up well enough in the pan, you can do it in a simple way. Lower a wooden spatula into it. If bubbles have gathered around it, then you can start the frying process.

Rice, if desired, can be replaced with any other cereal. But take into account the peculiarities of cooking various cereals! The cooking time can change both in a smaller and in a larger direction. Some of the cereals require pre-soaking.  

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Raw wild rice - 353   kcal/100g
  • Brown raw rice - 360   kcal/100g
  • Boiled brown rice - 119   kcal/100g
  • White fortified raw rice - 363   kcal/100g
  • Fortified boiled white rice - 109   kcal/100g
  • White rice, steamed, with long grains raw - 369   kcal/100g
  • Steamed white rice, boiled with long grains - 106   kcal/100g
  • Instant dry rice - 374   kcal/100g
  • Instant rice, ready to eat - 109   kcal/100g
  • Fig - 344   kcal/100g
  • Sweet pepper - 27   kcal/100g
  • Ground black pepper - 255   kcal/100g
  • Curry - 352   kcal/100g
  • Fresh green peas - 280   kcal/100g
  • Canned green peas - 55   kcal/100g
  • Vegetable oil - 873   kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0   kcal/100g
  • Water - 0   kcal/100g
  • Onion - 41   kcal/100g
  • Canned sweet corn - 79   kcal/100g

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