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Sprouty Peanut Tomato Rice
 
 
Prepration: 30 mins.
Cooking: 19½ mins.
Serves 4 Cal/Ser 157
 
Ingredients
1 cup rice - soaked for ½ hour in 2 cups water
½ cup moong sprouts
1 carrot - very finely chopped (½ cup)
½ cup french beans - finely chopped
2 tbsp oil, 3 tbsp peanuts (moongphali)
½ tsp cumin (jeera), 1 small onion - sliced
4 tbsp ready-made tomato puree or
2 tomatoes - pureed in a mixer
a pinch of turmeric powder (haldi)
½ tsp garlic paste
½ tsp garam masala, 1 tsp salt
 
Method
1. Wash rice. Soak it in 2 cups water for 30 minutes.
2. In a micro safe dish add oil, peanuts, jeera & chopped onion. Microwave for 4½ minutes.
3. Add haldi, salt and garam masala. Mix well. Add sprouts, carrot, french beans and tomato puree. Microwave for 3 minutes.
4. Add rice along with the water to the tomato masala. Mix well. Microwave covered for 12 minutes. Allow to stand for 3 minutes. Fluff with a fork. Serve hot.