Zucchini Rice

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Rice Variety, Zucchini, Zucchini Rice

My hubby had potluck in his office , so I had to prepare food just for me….Its kinda boring when we have to eat alone, I usually dont like it, but I have to 🙂 , in the afternoon till 1’o clock I had this oscillation to prepare food or no. Finally found one Zucchini left out in the refrigerator, so I decided to prepare a fast recipe. And I enjoyed this.

Ingredients:

Basmathi Rice : 2 cup

Zucchini : 1 medium sized ( shredded with the skin)

Onion : 1/2 thinly sliced

Green Chili : 1 (Slit)

Black Pepper corns : 1/2 teaspoon (powdered)

Cumin Seeds : 1/2 teaspoon

Cinnamon stick : 1 small

Cloves : 2

Garlic : 1 pod thinly sliced

Ginger : small piece grated

Butter : 1/2 tablespoon

olive oil : 1 teaspoon

Salt : 1 teaspoon

Method:

Wash the rice and keep it aside. Heat oil in a pan, add cumin seeds, cinnamon stick and cloves, once they start crackling, add the onions let it turn translucent, add ginger and garlic. After 2 mins, add the shredded Zucchini, butter and cook for 3 minutes. Next add the black pepper corn powder and salt. Next add the rice and mix well. Let it cook with the Zucchini with out water. After 3 mins, add 1:2 ration of rice to water and cook. It cooks for the usual time, I prepared it in pressure cooker, cooked it for 3 whsitles and the taste was very good. Do give it a try 🙂

 

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Zucchini Recipe with Spinach Pesto

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Spinach Pesto, Zucchini, Zucchini with Spinach Pesto

Zucchini is something new for me, I have never tried cooking it. Read about it that it lowers cholesterol, also aids in digestion, prevents constipation, maintains low blood sugar and curbs overeating. In India we get only cucumber, we eat cucumber raw or salad. So we thought lets try zucchini. Got a recipe from Kalyn’s kitchen, she had prepared it with spinach and basil pesto. Since I did not have basil at home, I used only spinach. It was quite simple. Here it goes…

Ingredients:

Zucchini : 2 medium sized

Olive Oil : 1 tablespoon

Black Pepper ground : 1 teaspoon

Salt : 1/2 tea spoon

Spinach Pesto : 2 table spoons

Method:

First I prepared the spinach pesto with spinach, walnut, Parmesan cheese, garlic 2 pods, olive oil in a blender as I dont have a food processor. I am sure there are lot of masters with pesto, I am new to pesto as well.

Next cut the Zucchini in to round pieces. Heat oil in a large pan, drop a piece of crushed garlic, let it fry for a min. This tempers the oil. Now remove the garlic. Place all the zucchini next to each other, so that it fills the whole pan, close the pan with lid. Let it get cooked for 2 mins. Open and try the side of the zucchini. Close the lid and let the other side get cooked. It would try a little brown color. Now add the spinach pesto and mix well with zucchini.

Next add salt and ground black pepper and mix well. Cook for 3 to 4 mins, and stop the heating. Serve hot. It tasted very good. I loved it. Give it a try 🙂

From Kalyn’s Kitchen : http://www.kalynskitchen.com/2007/07/sauteed-zucchini-recipe-with-spinach.html

( You can get more pictures in her website)