Savoury Rice
Our Savoury Rice recipe is super easy, packed with vegetables and ready in just 10 minutes. Plus it makes a delicious side dish to chicken, fish or meat and it's great with a curry.
Our Savoury rice is not only really tasty, but it's a great budget recipe that will feed a crowd. It's packed with flavour and loads of veggies, which all count towards your 5-a-day!
Not only does it make a great vegetarian side dish, but you could just top it with a poached or fried egg and eat it as a complete meal itself! It's also delicious served with our roasted whole chicken in the air fryer.
Why You'll Love Our Savoury Rice Recipe
⭐️ It’s quick and easy to make with very little prep needed.
⭐️ It’s a great way of squeezing extra vegetables into your diet.
⭐️ You can spice it up or keep it mild.
⭐️ Savoury rice is super versatile so you can use whatever vegetables you like to eat, just swap and change the ingredients to suit you!
Ingredients For Savoury Rice
We've given you the basic ingredients for Savoury Rice here, but feel free to swap and change or even add in more veggies.
- Basmati Rice - you can use long grain rice if you prefer.
- Mild Curry Powder - we use this ready mixed, but you can make your own mild curry powder here.
- Turmeric
- Pinch Salt
- Frozen Peas
- Baby Corn - sliced
- Olive Oil
- Spring Onions - sliced
- Orange Pepper - finely diced - you can swap for red pepper if you prefer.
- Green Pepper - finely diced
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How To Make Savoury Rice
Prep Time – 5 minutes / Cook Time 10 minutes (approx)
- Cook the rice - put the cup of rice into a saucepan with two cups of cold water. Add the pinch of salt, curry powder and turmeric and give the rice and water a swirl together. Bring the pan to the boil, then reduce the heat and simmer with the lid on for 10 minutes.
- Drain the rice - once cooked, drain and tip into the mixing bowl.
- Cook the vegetables - Whilst the rice is cooking get on and cook the vegetables. Put the peas and sliced corn into a saucepan, cover with boiling water from the kettle, bring the pan back to the boil, and cook for around 8 minutes. Then drain and put to one side.
- Fry the onions and peppers - add the olive oil to a small frying pan, tip in the onions and diced peppers and gently fry to soften them for around 5 minutes.
- Mix the savoury rice together - Put the cooked rice and cooked vegetables into a mixing bowl and gently stir to mix in all the flavours. Serve the savoury rice straightaway.
INGREDIENT SWAPS AND ADD-INS
Make it quicker - if you want this easy rice dish ready faster use packs of curry flavoured microwave rice and just stir the veggies though for a really speedy side dish.
Add extra vegetables - you can really bump up the veggie content of this dish. Try adding in canned lentils, sweetcorn, beans or chickpeas, some fried aubergine, grated carrot, peppers or mushrooms. You could also stir through some fresh tomato, deseeded and diced.
Make it a complete main course dish - add in some cooked chicken breast or mince beef, stir through some cooked sausages or add in some prawns. Alternatively just top with fried eggs, and you've got yourself a complete main course rice dish.
TOP TIPS FOR MAKING SAVORY RICE
⭐ Leftover savoury rice must be cooled quickly, and stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 24 hours. When reheating rice do so safely and properly. Grab tips on safe reheating of rice here.
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Savoury Rice
A delicious, tasty, veggie packed side dish that's super easy to make!
Ingredients
- 1 cup basmati rice
- 1 tablespoon curry powder
- 1 teaspoon turmeric
- pinch salt
- 1 cup frozen peas
- 125g baby corn - sliced
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 8 spring onions - sliced
- ½ orange pepper
- ½ green pepper
Instructions
- Put the cup of rice into a saucepan with two cups of cold water.
- Add the pinch of salt, curry powder and turmeric and give the rice and water a swirl together.
- Bring the pan to the boil, then reduce the heat and simmer with the lid on for 10 minutes.
- Once cooked, drain and tip into the mixing bowl.
- Whilst the rice is cooking - cook the vegetables. Put the peas and sliced corn into a saucepan, cover with boiling water from the kettle, bring the pan back to the boil, and cook for around 8 minutes. Then drain and put to one side.
- Add the olive oil to a small frying pan, tip in the onions and diced peppers and gently fry to soften them for around 5 minutes.
- Put the rice and cooked vegetables into a mixing bowl and gently stir to mix in all the flavours.
- Serve the savoury rice straightaway.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 4 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 144Total Fat: 4gSaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 69mgCarbohydrates: 24gFiber: 4gSugar: 4gProtein: 4g
Nutritional content will vary depending on the exact ingredients you use and how careful you are with measuring - this nutritional information is given as a general guide only and may not be accurate - you should always calculate your own nutritional information especially if you have specific dietary requirements.
Wendy is the creator of Daisies & Pie, a UK food blog sharing easy meals and home lifestyle tips since 2012
