Quick Vegetble Rice with Cardamom

Name: Quick Vegetble Rice with Cardamom
Prep time: 3 min
Cook time: 7 min
Total time: 10 min
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 280 g (10 oz/heaped 1½ cups) basmati rice; 2 tbsp ghee or oil; 2 tbsp ghee or oil; 260 g (9¼ oz) frozen mixed vegetables; 2 tbsp shop-bought fried onions; 1 cm (½ inch) piece of cinnamon stick; 1 Indian bay leaf; 2 tsp cumin seeds; 2 tsp garlic paste; 1 tsp ground turmeric; 2 tbsp sundried tomato paste; Fine sea salt, to taste; ½ tsp ground black pepper; 1 tsp ground cardamom; Juice of ½ a lemon

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
10 min

Appears in

15-Minute Indian

By Anjula Devi

Published 2025

About

My dad and I would make a huge pot of this rice in our back garden, and everyone was welcome to join us. Most of the kids on our street ended up in our back garden when dad and I cooked. Most of the parents knew exactly where to find their kids if they’d missed curfew.

Ingredients

280 g (10 oz/heaped 1½ cups) basmati rice
2

Asia
India
Main course
Vegan
Gluten-free

Method

Fill and boil the kettle.
Give the rice a quick rinse.
Place a wok on a low heat, then add the following ingredients in this order: 850ml (29fl oz/3½ cups) hot kettle water, rice, ghee or oil, frozen vegetables, fried onions, cinnamon stick, Indian bay leaf, cumin seeds, garlic paste, turmeric, sundried tomato paste, salt to taste, black pepper and ca