Ingredients

• 

1 cup rice (150-200 grams)

2 pieces of pointed gourd (Parwal)

1 bottle gourd approx. 200 grams (Lauki)

1 Ridged Gourd (Turai)

1-2 potatoes

2-3 green chilies

2-3 tablespoon ghee (or per taste)

1 teaspoon crushed black pepper

Salt per taste

Water

Oven Roasted Tomato Chutney

• 2 tomatoes
• 1 tablespoon mustard oil
• Salt per taste
• 2-3 green chilies

Preparation Time

• 15 minutes

Recipe

• Wash the rice and soak in water for 10-15minutes
• Cut all the vegetables in cubes
• Boil water in a thick bottom pan; Once the water is boiling, add to it cut vegetables and rice
• Cook the vegetables and rice on medium heat till the vegetables are tender and rice is cooked.
• Once cooked, add salt as per taste
• Keep the consistency of the rice as per your choice (Medium to thick); add more water if a lighter consistency is preferred
• Steamed rice with vegetables is ready
• In a separate bowl, mix 2-3 finely chopped green chilies and 8-9 crushed black pepper with 3-4 drops of mustard oil
• Plate the steamed vegetable rice, add a little ghee and the green chili – black pepper mix on the rice

Oven Roasted Tomato Chutney

• Roast 2 tomatoes in the oven
• Once cooled, peel off the blackened skin from the tomato, add salt, green chilies, mustard oil to the roasted tomatoes
• Gently mash the tomatoes mixing all the ingredients
• Roasted Tomato chutney is now ready

Serve the rice with chutney, roasted tomato chutney, roasted papad and/or any pickle of your choice.

Note

• This rice can also be made in the pressure cooker
• Yes, this may be a carbohydrate rich dish for some, but I hope you will enjoy this oil free easy to cook meal once in a while.

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