Day 1 of the blogging marathon and this time the theme is “cook by alphabets”. I was initially going to start with ‘B’ and go until ‘H’, but then I saw this in my draft and I decided to go with ‘A’. I picked this theme almost instantly because I liked the idea of having different dishes each day. It was exciting to pick the items and the past few weekends have been fun.
Asparagus has a lot of health benefits and I have mostly made only stir fry with it. For a change I decided to try out the rice and we loved it. Weeknights are normally crazy and I mostly stick with one pot meals or rice dishes like this. My son loved it too and that is a plus for me. Check out the recipe of Asparagus-Tofu fry.
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Ingredients
- 1 tbsp oil
- 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
- 2 tbsp peanuts
- 1/2 cup chopped onion
- 1 tsp ginger paste
- 4 cups sliced asparagus
- 1 tsp chilly powder (adjust to taste)
- Salt to taste
- Pinch of turmeric
- 1 tsp coriander powder
- 1.5 cups uncooked basmati rice
Method
Cook the rice in the ratio of 1:2 for rice:water and allow to cool.
Heat oil and add cumin seeds. Saute for a minute. Then add the peanuts and toast for a minute or so.
Add onions and ginger paste. Saute until onions are done.
Onions are cooked.
Add the asparagus.
Add chilly powder, salt, turmeric and coriander powder.
Mix it all and allow the asparagus to cook. It hardly takes time.
When the asparagus is cooked, add the cooked and cooled rice.
Mix gently.
Tasty and healthy rice ready.
Enjoy!
totally delicious
Interesting rice recipe. The images are crisp as always.
The rice looks great!
Asparagus and nuts are adding nice crunch and texture to rice. I like it.
It looks great..love it.
Very healthy rice. Looks like you have made the site a .com. Congrats!
Very tempting rice. The picture looks so nice…
Nice recipes. Last click looks very tempting…
nice n delicious one pot meal…
Looks healthy and flavorful! Love it!
Healthy one pot meal what more do we need..looks flavourful and tempting
This is totally new to me……looks very nice
wow…very interesting n healthy recipe…sounds so yummy n filling…waiting for your next series of recipes with alphabets
if i am in for this BM def i would have chosen the same theme 
Very interesting dish with asparagus. Looks delicious.
Good to have you back in BM Vardhini..lovely colour of the rice!
Interesting! Never tried Asparagus in rice. We love Stir fried asparagus as a snack!
Sounds interesting….the rice looks healthy and delicious….
hmmm… interesting rice version!!looks like a plateful of healthy!!
something different!..never tried asparagus with rice.
Asparagus rice sounds truly interesting and definitely a healthy one pot meal..
I love asparagus. I got some this weekend ….should try this recipe. I love the color of the rice with asparagus. Very nice.
very unique rice dish..
Interesting combination. Just recently I started using asparagus in pasta. So gotta try this!
Healthy and tasty dish.. Just few days back had discussion with friends about recipes with asparagus.. Will bookmark this recipe..
I love asparagus but would never have thought of cooking it this way..I would think the asparagus would get really soggy but your still look intact
this is indeed a new way of using asparagus, never tried them this way
looks lovely & easy to make too.. have always made soup & never as a curry! Should try
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lovey n yummy presentation..healthy dish
Tasty Appetite
Very nice pictures. Easy to make rice indeed.