Peas Carrot And Bread Bhath

Ingredients

• • Rice - 1 cup
• • Carrots - 4
• • Peas - ½ cup
• • Onions - 3
• • Green chillies - 5
• • Red chillies - 4
• • Tomato juice - 100 milliliters
• • Poppy seeds - ¼ teaspoon
• • Coconut (grated, fresh) - ¼ cup
• • Cashew nuts - few
• • Turmeric powder - ¼ teaspoon
• • Curry leaves - few
• • Salt - as required
• • Ghee/Oil - 2 tablespoons
• • Bread (diced) - 3 slices
• • Coriander leaves - a few

Method

• 1. Cook rice and allow it to cool.
• 2. Add a Teaspoon of ghee and separate the grains with fork.
• 3. Fry red chillies and poppy seeds in half a Teaspoon of oil and grind it along with coconut and one onion.
• 4. Dice carrots and onions.
• 5. Slit green chillies into two.
• 6. Heat oil, add cashew nuts and green chillies and then fry onions, carrots and peas.
• 7. When it is half cooked, add ground masala with half a cup of water.
• 8. Reduce flame till carrots and peas becomes soft.
• 9. Close with a lid.
• 10. When moisture is completely absorbed, add salt and turmeric powder.
• 11. Mix rice to this gently.
• 12. Sprinkle tomato juice while frying.
• 13. Keep on low flame for few minutes till rice becomes hot.
• 14. Mix fried bread cubes before removing from fire.
• 15. Serve garnished with cut coriander leaves and curry leaves.