KFC Veg Rice Bowls Recipe – Sunday Lunch Recipes Series 26

• Basmati rice – 1 cup
• Cooking oil – 1 tsp
• Salt – as needed
• Water – 6 cups
• Cloves – 4 nos
• Green cardamom – 2 nos

For gravy

• Cooking oil – 2 tbsp
• Green cardamom – 1 no
• Cloves – 2 nos
• Big onion – 1 no
• Tomatoes – 2 no
• Ginger & Garlic Paste – 1 tbsp or Garlic – 10 cloves,Ginger – 2 inch piece
• Green chillies – 1 -2 nos
• Red chilli powder – 3/4 tsp
• Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
• Coriander powder – 1.25 tsp
• Garam masala powder – 1/4 tsp
• Salt& water – as needed 
• Yellow food color – 2 pinches

• Green capsicum – 2 tbsp ( chopped into small pieces)
• Green chilli – 1 no ( finely chopped)

• Wash and soak the basmati rice for 30 minutes. In the mean time,pressure cook potato along with other vegetables for making veg strips. Make the dough for Veg strips and keep aside. Deep fry before serving.Chop the capsicum into small pieces.

• For gravy, slice the onions and saute in 2 tsp of oil. Grind it along with chopped tomato, g&g paste and green chillies. Add little water & grind it to a smooth paste.

• Boil water in a bowl adding cloves, cardamom and salt. When it comes to roll boil, add washed & soaked rice. Let it boil in medium flame for 5-7 minutes. Remove the rice along with spices & drain the excess water. Cool down the rice by spreading in a plate. Sprinkle yellow food color diluted in little water all over the rice and mix them slightly. White & yellow rice should be visible.
• Saute the capsicum pieces & green chillies in little oil. Put them in the rice. Mix well & set aside.

• Heat oil in a kadai and add the cloves & cardamom. Add the ground tomato puree and saute well adding the required salt. Add red chilli powder, dhania powder & garam masala powder. Saute till the raw smell vanishes and the mixture becomes thick. Add 3/4cup of water, cover the kadai and boil till oil floats on top. Remove in a bowl.

• Now take a microwave safe bowl. Add 1/2 tbsp of oil and layer the rice ( In KFC they put 100 gms of  rice in the bowl,70 gms of gravy on top and again 85 gms of  rice as the last layer). Put some gravy and again layer it with rice. Microwave in high power for 2 minutes.Serve in a bowl by keeping 2 pieces of Veg strips on top.

Enjoy !

• Adjust the quantity of Red chilli powder as per your preference.
• You can prepare the dough for veg strips in advance and deep fry them at the time of serving.