North Indian
Tehri (Spiced Vegetable Rice)
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Tehri (Spiced Vegetable Rice) is North Indian home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Rinse the basmati rice and soak it for 20 minutes, then drain.
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Heat the oil in a pot and let the cumin seeds and whole spices sizzle, then cook the onion, ginger-garlic paste, and green chilies until soft.
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Stir in the turmeric, coriander, red chili powder, and garam masala, then add the potato, cauliflower, carrot, and peas and cook for 5 minutes.
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Add the drained rice, water, and salt and bring to a boil, then cover and cook on low until the rice is tender, about 18 minutes.
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Rest for 5 minutes, fluff gently, and serve.
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Serve it with
A North Indian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Tehri (Spiced Vegetable Rice), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The cooked vegetable
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
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Something cool and fresh
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand. Tehri (Spiced Vegetable Rice) carries none of them. That is a checked answer rather than an ingredient list nobody read.
| Allergen | In this dish |
|---|---|
| Peanuts | No |
| Tree nuts | No |
| Dairy | No |
| Gluten | No |
| Shellfish | No |
| Eggs | No |
| Soy | No |
| Fish | No |
| Sesame | No |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 560 kcal
- Protein
- 11 g
- Carbs
- 96 g
- Fat
- 15 g
- Fiber
- 6 g
- Sugar
- 4 g
- Sodium
- 580 mg
- Saturated fat
- 1 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Tehri (Spiced Vegetable Rice) takes about 45 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. It is at its best in winter, which is when what goes into it is worth buying.
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