Spread the cooked rice on a bowl or plate. Cool it down completely
Heat a teaspoon of Oil. Add 1 slit Green Chilli, a teaspoon of Pepper Powder, 1 teaspoon of Salt
Add the rice and using a fork mix everything gently
Add a tablespoon of Lemon Juice and half cup of finely chopped coriander leaves
Adjust salt and add extra pepper powder if you want to make it more spicy 🙂 Delicious Mexican Rice is Ready
Bean Chili Preparation
If you are going to use dried beans make sure to soak them atleast 8 hours and pressure cook until the beans are soft
Since I used canned beans I prepared the Chili directly after draining water from the cans
Heat oil in a pressure cooker and add finely chopped onion, tomatoes, capsicum and garlic
Saute for 2 minutes and add all the three variety of Beans
Add salt, chilli powder and frozen corn
Add 1 cup of water and pressure cook for upto 3 whistles
Once the pressure is released add tomato sauce, dried oregano leaves, fresh corainder leaves
If the chili is too thick add 1/2 cup of water, adjust salt and let it boil for one minute
Once it is cooled down add some lemon juice
Fajita Vegetables Preparation
Heat oil in pan and add all the thinly sliced vegetable
Add salt, cumin powder and chilli powder
Saute in high heat for 2-3 minutes
The veggies has to be crunchy and not over cooked
So don’t add water while cooking
Recipe Notes
Prep work for the meal :
Cook Rice and let it cool down completely
Chopping onions is the toughest part for this feast. You need to finely chop two onions for Salsa and Guacamole, slightly bigger pieces for Chili, vertical thin strips for Fajita Veggies
Chop Color Capsicums thinly for Fajita Veggies
Chop lettuce, olives finely for salad
Wash and clean one big bunch of coriander leaves. Chop them finely with stalk. You need to add them in Rice, Chili, Guacamole,Salsa
If you are going to prepare for a large group of people then make sure your prepare Salsa and Chili the previous day itself
You would need at least two Lemons. Make sure you have lemons in stock. They add such a unique taste to every dish i have mentioned above
Go easy on Salt & Spices. Since there are many different dishes they all come together really nicely even with little salt and spice.
I have used only basic indian spice powders to prepare this feast. Cayenne Pepper, Paprika are not frequently used in my cooking. So i don’t buy them. However if you are used to those flavors you can add them in place of our regular chilli powder
Mexican Rice Bowl | Guacamole| Lemon Cilantro Rice | Bean Chili was last modified: June 13th, 2020 by