Easiest Way to Prepare Yummy Vegetable Pilaf (Vegetarian Dish)

Vegetable Pilaf (Vegetarian Dish). Pilaf is the term used for rice cooked in seasoned broth. The rice is typically sautéed in oil before the spices and broth are added. The vegetables in this Vegetable Pilaf Bowl with Creamy.

Fill your refrigerator AND freezer with colorful Vegetable Rice Pilaf and you'll always have a healthy side dish for your delicious dinner! Or, it can take center stage as a rice bowl by adding your protein of choice! This recipe is a variation of Cajun Dirty Rice. You can cook Vegetable Pilaf (Vegetarian Dish) using 10 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Vegetable Pilaf (Vegetarian Dish)

1. It's 1 cup of basmati rice, washed until the water is clear.
2. You need 2 cup of vegetable broth.
3. Prepare 2 of medium-sized zucchini, cubed.
4. Prepare 1 of big tomato, cubed.
5. It's 1 of bell pepper, cubed.
6. Prepare 1 of medium-sized eggplant, cubed.
7. It's 1/2 of onion, cubed.
8. Prepare 3 of garlic, crushed and minced.
9. It's 1 pinch of salt.
10. You need 2 tbsp of oil (I normally use sunflower).

Basil and thyme replace Cajun spices. Vegetables can change with the seasons: Use strips of pumpkin or sweet potato to replace the carrot. Maybe try beans, broccoli or brussels sprouts instead of — or as well as — the cauli. You might even like to pop in some bits of leftover roast veg (or meat!) to flavour your rice.

Vegetable Pilaf (Vegetarian Dish) step by step

1. Heat oil in a pan. Add the vegetables + onion and stir for about 3 minutes. Add garlic, stir for a minute or so..
2. Add basmati rice. Add salt. Stir well..
3. Pour broth bit by bit. When it is boiling, reduce the heat and cover..
4. After 20 minutes, check the consistency. If the rice is cooked and fluffy, then it is done. If it is a bit dry, add a bit of water and cover for 5 minutes or so..

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