Rainbow vegetable pilau rice

Serves: 6
Course: Main Course
Cooking Time: 0 hr 20 mins
Ingredients
  • 1 tbsp butter 
  • 1 tsp ground turmeric
  • 1-2 tsp curry powder
  • 2 cups rice
  • 4 cups water
  • 2 carrots, finely diced
  • ½ red pepper, finely diced
  • ½ yellow pepper, finely diced
  • 1 handful green beans, chopped
  • 1 handful broad beans
  • 4 tbsp finely shredded red cabbage
  • 3 tbsp coriander, roughly chopped

1 Melt the butter in a large heavy-based pan. Add the turmeric and curry powder. Leave to warm through before adding the rice. Stir the rice in the spiced butter for a minute or two till fragrant. Add the water and stir. Place the lid on and lower to a simmer. Leave to cook.

2 In another pan sauté the carrots and peppers in a little olive oil or butter. Add the remaining vegetables and stir to heat through. Once the rice is cooked fold through the vegetable mix and serve with a little coriander on top.

Lilly Higgins

Lilly Higgins

Lilly Higgins, a contributor to The Irish Times, is a food writer