Healthy Indian Style Veg Burrito Bowl | Easy Mexican Bowl at Home
Make this healthy Indian-style veg burrito bowl at home with fresh veggies, rice, and simple spices. A quick, nutritious Mexican-inspired meal perfect for lunch or weight loss.
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
1. You can cook rice and beans beforehand and store them in the refrigerator. They stay good in the refrigerator for 2-3 days.
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.
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.