Best Garlic Turmeric Rice with Vegetables | Easy Yellow Rice
Turmeric Garlic Rice is a very healthy and easy-to-make, flavor-packed rice recipe prepared using garlic, turmeric powder, and veggies of your choice.This dish can be made in less than 12 minutes if you have cooked rice or leftover rice. Also, this is one of the best recipes for the lunchbox, dinner parties, or great as a side with tandoori chicken, chicken tikka, or other grilled meat or veggies.
Servings: 4
Calories: 267kcal
Equipment
- 1 Pan or Pot
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoon Oil
- ¼ cup Carrot, finely chopped
- ¼ cup Corn, fresh or frozen
- ¼ cup Green peas, fresh or frozen
- ¼ cup Green bell pepper or Capsicum
- ¼ cup Red bell pepper or Capsicum
- ¼ cup Onion, finely chopped
- 2 tablespoon Garlic, finely chopped
- ½ teaspoon Salt (adjust to taste)
- 1 teaspoon Turmeric powder
- 1 cup Uncooked rice( or 3 cup cooked rice)
Instructions
- Cook the rice in your preferred method. Read the post above to know how to cook rice perfectly if interested.1 cup Uncooked rice( or 3 cup cooked rice)
- In a pan on medium flame, add 1 tablespoon of oil. To this, add carrots and saute for 30 seconds. Next, add corn and green peas and continue to saute for another 30 seconds. Add bell pepper or capsicum and saute for 1 minute. Transfer these sauteed veggies to a bowl and keep them aside. Check out the video here.2 tablespoon Oil, ¼ cup Carrot, finely chopped, ¼ cup Corn, fresh or frozen, ¼ cup Green peas, fresh or frozen, ¼ cup Green bell pepper or Capsicum, ¼ cup Red bell pepper or Capsicum
- In the same pan, add another tablespoon of oil, garlic, onion, saute for 5-6 minutes or until garlic becomes fragrant on medium flame. Next, add turmeric powder and saute for 15 seconds.¼ cup Onion, finely chopped, 2 tablespoon Garlic, finely chopped, ½ teaspoon Salt (adjust to taste), 1 teaspoon Turmeric powder
- To this, add cooked rice, sauteed veggies, and toss until combined.
INSTANT POT TURMERIC GARLIC RICE
- Add 1 cup water and 1 cup rice to your Instant Pot. Secure the lid with vent in sealing position. Set the manual or pressure cook button for 4 minutes. Let the pressure release naturally for 10 minutes, and then quick release any remaining pressure.
- Fluff the rice with a fork. Remove it in a separate bowl and let it cool completely before you start making the rice.
- Turn the Instant pot to SAUTE MODE. Add oil. To this, add onion and garlic and saute for 3 to 5 minutes or until fragrant. Add turmeric powder and salt and saute for 10 to 15 seconds.
- Next, add carrots, green peas, corn, bell peppers and saute for another 2 to 3 minutes.
- Finally, add the cooked rice and toss until combined or heated through. Turn off instant pot.
Video
Notes
- My kids don’t eat spicy food, so I generally do not add any spices. Feel free to add red pepper flakes or pepper powder if desired.
- You can include fresh herbs or greens if needed.
- Ground cumin or whole garam masala spices can be added.
- To make it more rich and flavorful, you can even cook the rice in coconut milk or broth.
- I have used coconut oil to make the recipe. You can use olive oil, desi ghee, or butter.
- Use any long grain rice like basmati or flavorful rice such as jeera rice or jasmine rice. Leftover rice also works best with this recipe.
Nutrition
Calories: 267kcal | Carbohydrates: 45g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 0.03g | Sodium: 301mg | Potassium: 201mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 1758IU | Vitamin C: 26mg | Calcium: 30mg | Iron: 1mg