Friday, May 1, 2009

Mexican Rice Bol




Whenever we plan to eat outside one of the option is Chipotle' bcoz u get vegetarian burrito rice bol there.... i used to drool over it so much..... Always wanted to try it at home and finally it happened yesterday..... hey not bad it came very close to chipotle' rice bol ... i was so happy that i ate most of it.. he he ... It is not time consuming u can prepare this in no time if you have all the required ingredients in your pantry.....

INGREDIENTS

Cooked Rice - 1 cup
Baked Black Beans - 1cup (use the canned ones)
Salsa - 1/2 cup (i used medium salsa)
Green Pepper - 1/4cup (cut length wise)
Onions-1/4cup (cut length wise)
Lettuce-1/4cup (cut length wise) i used cabbage instead
Cilantro- 1/4 cup (finely chopped)
Sour cream - 1/2 cup (Optional but it adds to the taste)
Cheese - 1/2 cup (grated)

METHOD

  1. Heat a pan and add 1 tbsp olive oil and saute the onions. keep the flame in high and then add the pepper and lettuce one after the other and saute for a couple of mins and switch of the fire.
  2. Its all about layering the ingredients now. So take your microwave safe bowl. First add the rice, then top it with the beans
  3. Now add the sauted veggies and add the salsa on top of the veggies.
  4. Top it with sour cream and cheese and micro wave this for 45 sec.
  5. Garnish with Cilantro and serve it for your loved ones.
PS. When you layer the above in a tortilla u have your vegetarian burrito..... :) This picture shows the layering clearly




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