Lunch recipes with Red/Brown Rice/Millets

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 These are some quick go-to recipes for taste with health!

18 Dec, 2023

I changed the title of this page today from Baked Red/Brown Rice to Lunch recipes with Red/Brown Rice. This is because I wanted to add more recipes - some of which I have been making pretty frequently nowadays.

Brown Rice Tehri

  1. It is difficult to give an ingredient list for this, as I basically go with whatever is there in my fridge that day. But I am making this pretty frequently nowadays for lunch - feels healthy and filling. I make it in my new Vinod Steel Pressure Cooker so this is a one-pot meal, and doesn't require any other cooking pans. Just a chopping board, and a bowl to pre-soak the rice in. Also, most elements below are optional, maybe except ghee and rice (and salt and water!).   

Rough steps:

  1. Take 1 cup rice - wash 2-3 times, and soak for 1 hour if possible. If rice has not been pre-soaked, that is also ok. Just soak it at the start of preparation of the dish.
  2. In a pressure cooker, add 1 tbsp of ghee. Add some whole spices like cumin, black cardamom and cinnamon.   
  3. Add chopped onions and sauté.
  4. Add chopped vegetables like potatoes, carrots, peas, beetroot, mushrooms, bell peppers and sauté a bit more.
  5. Add crushed garlic and ginger.
  6. Add ground coriander, turmeric, garam masala, red chillies.
  7. Add 1/2 to 1 cup of dahi, and mix well so that no lumps remain.
  8. Add 2 cups water and salt, and let it boil.
  9. Cover it and let it pressure cook for 12 minutes. 
I have tried adding myriad things to it and everything works - green chutney, chopped spinach, chopped coriander etc etc. Also, some crunchy toppings can be added while serving - paneer tossed in Chinese sauces is a favorite of my DD.

Baked recipes

Starting point for the following recipes is 1 cup of red/brown rice boiled in a pan with plenty of water for 20-30 minutes.

Recipe #1

Bottom layer: grated potato mixed with butter and salt

Middle layer: red rice boiled for 20-30 minutes,  mixed with grated beetroot and sweet chilly sauce

Top layer: sautéed mushrooms with salt and pepper

Bake at 230C for 20 minutes

Recipe #2

  • Brown rice
  • Red pepper cooked in a pan in sweet chilly
  • Cabbage cooked in soya sauce 

Bake for 15 minutes. Serve with a side of hash browns baked for 20 minutes.


2 April, 2024

Added Millets to title of this page today. To add some millets-rice recipes.

Sama ke chaawal (barnyard millet) 

Simplest possible recipe -
cook Sama ke chaawal - simmer for 15 minutes in open pot. (1/2 cup in 1 cup water)
Add grated cucumber, dahi. Salt and jeera to dahi.
Optional - add roasted nuts on top. 


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