Easy Indian style Mexican Burrito Bowl Recipe is a healthy and delicious meal recipe made with cooked brown rice, boiled red beans, mix vegetables and hung curd mint dip. It is a midly spiced naked veggies burrito bowl recipe.
What is a mexican burrito bowl
It is a popular Mexican one-dish meal recipe from Tex-Mex cuisine. The original Mexican burrito is a cornmeal tortilla wrap filled with cooked rice, beans, roasted veggies and varieties of sauces like sour cream, ranch, guacamole, salsa, chilli sauce etc according to the person’s choice.
Whereas Mexican Burrito bowl is a wholesome meal recipe without flour tortilla wrap made from a layer of white or brown rice, red kidney beans, sour cream, and fresh salsa topped with corn chips and cheese. It is also called the Naked burrito bowl as it has no wrap.
About the Indian style Mexican Burrito Bowl |Veggies Burrito Bowl
Here, I am sharing with you My version of a chipotle style veggies burrito bowl which is very easy to assemble and customized according to your taste and with the ingredients in hand.
Mexican meal was the first choice to order when I was in the USA. Because the taste and spiciness of Mexican food are most similar to Indian taste. It has all the things of a perfect meal required carbs, protein, fat and fibre.
To make a veggies burrito bowl I, used cooked brown rice, home-cooked red kidney beans, saute mix vegetables, freshly made hung curd dip with green chutney, lettuce leaves and a few spices to give it a mild spicy taste. You are free to increase or decrease the spices mixture according to your taste.
Other rice recipes you would like to try
Cook the brown rice well, it takes a long time to cook. I used a pressure cooker to cook them faster. Also used home cooked red beans or rajma instead of canned beans. Freshly boiled beans are more healthy and tasty.
Burrito bowl is a kid’s friendly recipe and even kids can serve it themselves. It is also a wholesome meal option for a packed lunch of kids as well as office goers. It tastes good both warm as well as cold. Serve it with a glass of mint lassi or homemade watermelon mint juice instead of a carbonated drink. You can also topped it with some cheese and baked nacho chip.
Why this burrito bowl
- Easy to make
- Healthy and delicious
- Highly customizable
- Kids friendly
- diabetic friendly
- gluten-free
This naked burrito bowl is a super healthy meal, which essentially is a burrito like meal minus the tortilla. This bowl is loaded with all the goodness of vegetables served with condiments having different flavours.
FAQs
Why is it called a burrito bowl?
A burrito bowl is generally not an actual burrito where a tortilla wrap is filled with veggies and sauces. But as it consists of the same filling used for a burrito is called a burrito bowl or naked burrito.
Is burrito or burrito bowl good for health?
Yes, it is healthy as it is a wholesome meal that contains carbs, protein, fats, fibre and other micronutrients required for good health. It is a filling and satisfying meal and good for weight loss too.
Step by step preparation of mexican rice burrito bowl
1.First wash and soak red beans for 8-10 hours or best overnight.
2. After soaking, wash it once and transfer to a pressure cooker. Add 2.5 times water then the amount of beans. Then add salt and turmeric powder. Cook it on low medium flame for about 15-20 minutes till it well cooked. Once done put it aside till required.
3. Wash rice and transfer to a pressure cooker, add water double the amount of rice.
4. Close the lid and put it on medium flame. Cook it for up to 8 whistles.
5. Once the pressure is released, open the led and check if rice is well cooked. Put them aside till needed.
6. Cut lettuce, onion, tomato, shimla mirch, and carrots. Keep them aside.
7. Now, take a frying pan, heat oil. Add chopped onion, shimla mirch, carrots and sweet corn. Then add salt, and black pepper powder. Saute them for 2-3 minutes on medium flame.
8. Then add boiled red beans and brown rice, mix well and cook for 1 minute.
9. Meanwhile, add 2 tbsp green chutney in hung curd and mix nicely till it becomes a smooth mixture.
10. Now transfer the rice mixture in a big serving bowl, sprinkle chopped lettuce, tomatoes and hung curd dip. Serve immediately.
Serving suggestions
Best serve Naked Burrito Bowl for a lunch or dinner, followed by a dessert of oats apple crumble.
Tips and tricks
- You can cook rice and beans beforehand and store them in the refrigerator. They stay good in the refrigerator for 2-3 days.
- Make fresh hung curd dip and saute veggies for the best taste.
- Serve them warm or chilled according to your preference. It tastes good both warm as well as cold.
- You can assemble it in a layered form or just mix it together as like pulao.
Recipe card
Easy Indian Style Mexican Burrito Bowl | Veggies Burrito Bowl
Ingredients
For cooking brown rice and red beans
- 1 cup 150 gm brown rice( 1katori)
- 2 cup water(2 katori)
- 1 cup 120 gm Red bean
- 2-3 cup water
- ½ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp turmeric powder
Hung curd dip
- 4-5 tbsp hung curd
- 2 tbsp green chutney coriander mint chutney
How to saute veggies for burrito bowl
- 2 tbsp oil
- 2 small sized onion finely chopped
- 3 small sized tomatoes finely chopped
- 1 cup sweet corn
- ½ cup green shimla mirch
- ½ cup carrots
- 1 tsp salt
- ¼ tsp black pepper
- 1 cup lettuce leaves finely chopped
Instructions
How to cook brown rice and red beans for burrito bowl
- First wash and soak red beans for 8-10 hours or best overnight.
- After soaking, wash it once and transfer to a pressure cooker. Add 3 times water then the amount of beans. Then add salt and turmeric powder. Cook it on low medium flame for about 15-20 minutes till it well cooked. Once done put it aside till required.
- Wash rice and transfer to a pressure cooker, add water double the amount of rice.
- Close the lid and put it on medium flame. Cook it for upto 8 whistles.
- After the pressure is released, open the led and check if rice is well cooked. Put them aside till needed.
How to saute veggies and assemble burrito bowl
- Cut lettuce, onion, tomato, shimla mirch, and carrots. Keep them aside.
- Now, take a frying pan, heat oil. Add chopped onion, shimla mirch, carrots and sweet corn. Then add salt, and black pepper powder. Saute them for 2-3 minutes on medium flame.
- Then add boiled red beans and brown rice, mix well and cook for 1 minute.
- Meanwhile add 2 tbsp green chutney in hung curd and mix nicely till it becomes a smooth mixture.
- Now transfer the rice mixture in a big serving bowl, sprinkle chopped lettuce, tomatoes and hung curd dip. Serve immediately.
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Notes
2. Make fresh hung curd dip and saute veggies for the best taste.
3. Serve them warm or chilled according to your preference. It tastes good both warm as well as cold.
4. You can assemble it in a layered form or just mix it together as like pulao.
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