Cauliflower Ghee Rice Recipe | Quick Lunch Box Special

Cauliflower Ghee Rice is a quick one pot meal , you can make it under 15 minutes if you have cooked rice in handy. For this recipe either you can use freshly cooked or leftover rice and I use sona masoori but you can try this recipe with basmati rice or boiled rice as well. My daughter likes to have rice for lunch so I prefer any veggies mixed rice and even my egg fried rice will have broccoli :-). Do check School Lunch Box Ideas Recipe Collection HERE.

Ingredients for Cauliflower Ghee Rice

Cooked Rice – 1 Cup (Sona Massori Rice Or Basmati or just replace rice with cauliflower or paneer for paleo diet)
Shredded Cauliflower – 1/2 Cup
Frozen Veggies like Corn or Peas – 1/4 Cup (Optional)
Bay or Brinji Leaves – 2 Numbers
Ginger and Garlic Paste – 1.5 tsp
Cumin or Mustard Seeds – 1/2 tsp
Pepper Powder – 1/2 tsp
Green Chili – 2 Numbers
Green Onion – 1 Bunch (Optional)
Turmeric Powder – 1/2tsp (Optional)
Ghee – 2 Tbsp

Below picture clicked the other day with Basmati Rice and Oven Baked Chips !

 How to make Cauliflower Ghee Rice

• You can use either freshly cooked rice or leftover rice to make this one pot meal.
• Keep all the ingredients ready.
• Heat ghee in a pan.
• Add bay leaves, cumin seeds, when the seeds starts splutter add ginger garlic paste.
• Saute till nice aroma attains from the ginger garlic paste.
• Now add green chili’s and saute till they wilt.
• Finally add shredded cauliflower , pepper powder and salt, cook covered for 5 minutes in medium flame.
• You can sprinkle little water but it is not necessary cauliflower cook in its own moisture.
• Once cauliflower cooked, add the cooked rice and optional green onion.
• Just mix all together and at last adjust salt.

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Cauliflower Ghee Rice Recipe

Author: Sangeetha Priya

Ingredients

• Cooked Rice - 1 Cup (i use sona masoori you can use basmati or boiled rice too)
• Shredded Cauliflower - 1/2 Cup
• Bay or Brinji Leaves - 2 Numbers
• Ginger and Garlic Paste - 1.5 tsp
• Cumin or Mustard Seeds - 1/2 tsp
• Pepper Powder - 1/2 tsp
• Green Chili - 2 Numbers
• Green Onion - 1/2 Bunch Optional
• Turmeric Powder - 1/2tsp Optional
• Ghee - 2 Tbsp

Instructions

1. You can use either freshly cooked rice or leftover rice to make this one pot meal.

2. Keep all the ingredients ready.

3. Heat ghee in a pan.
   

4. Add bay leaves, cumin seeds, when the seeds starts splutter add ginger garlic paste.

5. Saute till nice aroma attains from the ginger garlic paste.

6. Now add green chilis and saute till they wilt.

7. Finally add shredded cauliflower , pepper powder and salt, cook covered for 5 minutes in medium flame.

8. You can sprinkle little water but it is not necessary cauliflower cook in its own moisture.

9. Once cauliflower cooked, add the cooked rice and optional green onion.

10. Just mix all together and at last adjust salt.
    

Notes

1. You can skip rice completely for Paleo Diet.
2. Feel free to add more veggies in this rice.