Capsicum & Tandoori Tofu Rice

Tandoori tofu bites are always welcome here, everyone at home love this bites just as appetiziers..This time i tried making a rice by combining tandoori tofu bites and capsicum, both together turned out the rice more flavourful, tasty and quite a filling rice..This rice goes prefectly even for a lunch box menu and this rice doesnt even need any special side dish...Also its an excellent way to feed whoever never like tofus..Yeah along with rice, they dont even notice these bites and will enjoy them, if u dont like capsicum u can very well add ur favourite veggies in this rice..Simple, easy and quick rice gets ready in less time, u can also prepare this rice with leftover cooked rice anytime..

Ingredients:

• 2cups Cooked rice
• 1cup Capsicum (chopped)
• 1cup Tofu (extra firm & cubed)
• 1no Onion( big& chopped finely)
• 2nos Green chillies (slit opened)
• 1tsp Cumin seeds+Fennel seeds
• 1tsp Tandoori masala powder
• 1tsp oil
• 1/2tsp Coriander powder
• 1/2tsp Pepper powder
• 1tsp Garam masala powder
• Salt
• Oil
• Few coriander leaves (chopped)

Method:
Add the tandoori masala powder, oil and salt to the cubed tofus and mix gently..Cook in microwave oven for 5-7minutes in high until they turn bit crispy..keep aside..

Heat enough in a pan, fry the cumin seeds and fennel seeds, add immediately the chopped onions, slit opened green chillies ,sauté everything for few minutes until the onions turns transculent..Add the chopped capsicum, along with pepper powder, garam masala powder, coriander powder with salt, sauté for few minutes, take care not the overcook the capsicum chunks, now add the cooked rice, toss everything gently, finally add the already prepared tandoori tofu bites and coriander leaves to the rice, mix gently..

Serve with papads or with eggs.

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