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Broccoli chickpea rice with coconut

Course Brunch, dinner, lunch
Cuisine American, Indian
Keyword broccoli, chickpea coconut stir fry, coconut rice, left over rice recipes, quick rice recipes, rice recipes, broccoli chickpea rice with coconut, vegan rice recipes
Author hameesha

Equipment

  • Skillet
  • Medium Pan to cook rice
  • Spatulla

Ingredients

  • 100 gms raw rice or 200 gms cooked rice
  • 2 cups broccoli
  • 1 cup cooked chick peas
  • ½ cup shredded or dry coconut
  • 1 tbsp coconut oil
  • 1 - 2 tsp red chili flakes / paprika adjust as per heat levels
  • 1 tbsp cumin/coriander powder
  • 1 tsp turmeric optional
  • ½ tsp garlic powder / minced garlic

Instructions

Cook Rice

  • Wash rice till water is clear and cook rice in a sauce pan/ Instant Pot/Pressure cooker and let cool completely.
  • Add a pich of salt and little oil while cooking. Water ratio to cook rice is 1 : 1½ water.

Cook Chick peas or use canned chickpeas.

  • Rinse and soak dry chickpeas in water for atleast 8 hours. Cook chikcpeas in a instanst pot for 8 minutes or pressure cook till 3 whistles.

To make broccoli rice

  • Heat a skillet, melt coconut oil. Add minced garlic if using. Add broccoli and saute for 3 - 5 minutes till slightly cooked.
  • Add salt, cooked chick peas and saute for 2 more minutes. Add corinader powder, paprika, garlic powder and coconut. Taste and adjust seasoning as needed.
  • Add cooked and cooled rice and mix eveything together amd serve warm.

Notes

  1. Rice has to completely cold.
  2. As a alternate instead of mixing rice, serve the curry with rice.