" Tiranga rice "

" Tiranga rice @ Chili Peppers "
By Chef Prashant Adsule.

On Republic day, I decided to make some dishes which had the colors of the Indian flag (fondly called tiranga by most of us) - green, white and orange. I had planned to post this on yesterday, but never got around to doing it since work has been keeping me really, really busy even over weekends. My mom makes this dish quite often and I learnt it from her.

Ingredients

1/2 kg rice boiled and separated into three portion
1 tsp broken cashew nuts lightly fried

Orange layer:
250 gms grated carrot
1 tsp ghee
2-3 cloves
1 tsp lemon juice
salt to taste
1/4 tsp sugar
1/4 cup tomato ketchup

Green Layer:
1 cup boiled green peas
a pinch of hing
1/2 tsp ghee
1/2 tsp jeera
1 green chilli
1/4 cup coriander leaves chopped
1/4 cup grated coconut
salt to taste

White Layer:
1/2 cup boiled cauliflower pieces
1/4 cup boiled peas
1/4 cup chopped paneer
1/4 tsp pepper powder
salt to taste

Method:

Green Layer : Grind the peas coarsely with the chilli and keep aside. Heat the ghee and add the hing and jeera. Add the green peas, coconut and coriander. Fry till the mixture dries up, taking care not to burn it. Mix this with the second portion of rice.
White Layer : Mix the ingredients with the third portion of rice and pour the melted ghee over it.

Orange Layer : Heat a frying pan with ghee. Add the cloves when the ghee has melted and is hot but not smoking. Ad the grated carrot and stir fry it for 2-3 mins. Remove from heat. Add to one portion of the rice. Add the rest of the ingredients and mix well.

To assemble:
Grease a deep bottomed vessel with ghee. Place the orange layer in the vessel and spread evenly. Put one portion of the cashewnuts on this layer. Add the white layer over the orange layer and spread evenly. Now put the second portion of the cashenuts on this layer. Finallty place the green layer on the white layer. Cover the pan with a lid and place it in a pressure cooker for about 10 minutes.(remember not to keep the whistle). Alternatively you can place this in a pre-heated oven (180 C) for about 20 -30 minutes.