Italian vegetable orzo rice is my ideal perfect lunch. I still ask myself why I haven't posted a recipe on this delectable dish all this while.... But this is going to change today. I absolutely love orzo rice and just a combination of this special rice with stir fried vegetables makes a perfect palatable dish.
Orzo is an Italian name for barley otherwise known as risoni or big rice. It is a type of rice in the form of short-cut pasta, shaped as a big grain of rice. Orzo can be cooked in several ways and can be served alone or together with other dishes like salad or pilaf.
I love the colorful look which, powdered curry gives to this dish, along with lots of vegetables such as carrots, peas, bell peppers, cauliflower, broccoli etc.
Adding some powdered curry and few other spices directly to the orzo rice really boosts up the color and flavor thus making the dish just super delicious. This Italian vegetable orzo rice dish is very simple to make, delicious and colorful. It is just a perfect winter lunch as well as a wonderful addition to any festive lunch spread.
Simply follow the steps outlined below to prepare your own version of Italian vegetable orzo rice.
Orzo is an Italian name for barley otherwise known as risoni or big rice. It is a type of rice in the form of short-cut pasta, shaped as a big grain of rice. Orzo can be cooked in several ways and can be served alone or together with other dishes like salad or pilaf.
I love the colorful look which, powdered curry gives to this dish, along with lots of vegetables such as carrots, peas, bell peppers, cauliflower, broccoli etc.
Adding some powdered curry and few other spices directly to the orzo rice really boosts up the color and flavor thus making the dish just super delicious. This Italian vegetable orzo rice dish is very simple to make, delicious and colorful. It is just a perfect winter lunch as well as a wonderful addition to any festive lunch spread.
Simply follow the steps outlined below to prepare your own version of Italian vegetable orzo rice.
Ingredients:
- 500g orzo rice
- 200ml chicken broth
- 1 chicken stock cube
- 1 onion bulb (chopped)
- Brocolli, peas and cauliflower (as desired)
- 1 carrot (chopped)
- Salt to taste
- 4 tsps. vegetable oil
- 2 bell peppers (chopped)
- 1/2 diced chilli pepper
- 1 tsb. powdered curry
- 1/2 tsb. dry chives
- 1/2 tsb. dry coriander leaves
- 1/2 tsb. mixed spices
Instructions:
- Add the orzo rice in a clean pot, add boiling water and parboil for 5 mins.
- Bring out from fire and wash off starchy water from the rice.
- Pour the washed rice back into a pot, add the chicken stock, 400ml water, pepper, curry, 1 tsp. vegetable oil, mixed spices, coriander and chives leaves.
- Stir properly and allow to cook for at least 10 mins.
- B Don't overcook the rice so that you don't loose the rice texture and taste.
- Once the rice is done, bring down from fire and set aside.
- Then slightly heat up 3 tsps. vegetable oil in saucepan, stir in onions and saute for 1 min.
- Stir in the remaining vegetables, add salt to taste and fry for at least 4 mins.
- Then pour all the fried vegetables into the rice and stir all together to combine well.
- Bring down from heat and serve warm.
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