Swadesi Rice

This is a tricolored rice, layered to give it a touch of patriotism when you eat.
Faster way to mix patriotism in your blood uh.

Green Rice
Ingredients
1 cup Basmati Rice (cooked)
1/2 bunch palak leaves
1/4 bunch coriander leaves
1 tomato(optional)
1 1/2 tbsp curd
1 tsp ginger, garlic, green chillies paste
1/2 onion
cloves, saunf, cinnamon sticks
oil
salt

Method

Blanch palak

Blend in a mixer with coriander leaves

Heat oil in a kadai and splutter garam masala

Saute onions till golden brown

Add the ginger, garlic, g.chilli paste

Then add chopped tomatoes(optional)

Pour in the blended palak and coriander leaves and curd

Once the raw smell leaves, sprinkle salt and remove from fire

Mix in cooked basmati rice

Make a layer of the green rice in your serving dish

White Rice
Ingredients
1 cup cooked rice
juices of 2 lemon
4 red chillies
1/2 tsp channa dhal
1/4 tsp mustard seeds
cashew nuts or ground nuts
6-8 tsp oil
curry leaves
salt

Method

Heat oil in a kadai and splutter mustard seeds, r.chillies, channa dhal, groundnut, garlic, curry leaves. If you are using cashew nuts splutter them at last since they'll be burnt otherwise.

When the above items start spluttering switch off the stove and pour in the lime juice and wait till oil floats on top.

Mix in the cooked rice and make a layer above the green rice

Orange Rice
Ingrediens
1 cup Basmati Rice
1 cup milk
2 carrots, grated
1/2 onion
1 1/2 tsp ginger garlic paste
2-3 green chillies
saunf, cloves, cinnamon sticks
oil or ghee
salt

Method

Heat oil or ghee in a pressure cooker.

Splutter garam masala and saute onions till golden brown

Add green chillies and ginger garlic paste

Add the grated carrots and fry for a while

Fry basmati rice for a while

Add milk and sprinkle salt

When the rice is done make a layer of it on top of the white layer

Fluff it up a little and garnish with well chopped coriander leaves

Now Swadesi rice is ready. A glass dish makes it look more interesting.