Fruit & Nut Purple Rice

The minute I saw the Nutty Masala Rice at Krithi's kitchen, I wanted to give it a try for sure. The next morning I ended up with some left over rice and last quarter of red cabbage (after making those Red Cabbage Sweet Potato Bullets) that gives me an opportunity to try this one. I have added some dry fruits and some more nuts to the base recipe, and the red cabbage gave the nice purple color, that's how i ended up with this Fruit and Nut Purple Rice. Here is the recipe and Enjoy!
Fruit &  Nut Purple Rice
Adapted From: Kirthi's Kitchen
Ingredients:
Onion - 1/2 medium
Greeb Bell Pepper - 1/2
Green Cabbage - 1/2 cup
Red Cabbage - 1 Cup
Green Peas - 1/4 cup
Urad Dal- 1 tsp
Chana Dal - 1 tsp
cumin Seeds - 1 tsp
walnuts - 2 or 3 ( whole)
Cashew Nuts - 3
Coriander Seeds - 1 tsp
Red Chillie - 2
Cinnamon - 1 inch stick
Clove - 1 or 2
Dried Cranberries - 1 Tbsp
Dried Raisins - 1 tsp
Oil - 1Tbsp
salt - 1 tsp
black pepper - 1/2 tsp
coriander leaves - for garnish


Preparation:
1. Take a not stick pan add Urad Dal, Chana Dal, Cumin Seeds, Coriander Seeds, Walnuts, Cashew Nuts, Red Chilies, Cinnamon and Clove.
2. Once they are roasted ( light brown, for 1 to 2min), grind all these ingredients in the magic bullet or mixer roughly. (Do not make it a fine powder)
3. Heat the oil non stick pan or kadai fry the sliced onions and green chilies
4. Add the chopped vegetables and stir fry for 1 or 2 min
5. Add the rice and salt and black pepper and mix it well.
6. Add the Nutty powder to the rice and mix it very well
7. Add the dried cran berries and raisins and mix it well.
8. Garnish with Cilantro and serve hot



Serving Tip: This was prefect for my lunchbox.


I am sending this to Dish name Starts with F Event at Learning to Cook by Akila.


Take care until Next time
-Mythreyi