Sweetcorn Tehri

Sweetcorn  Tehri

Basmati rice : 1 cup

Sweetcorn :  1 cup 

Onion : 1

Whole Kashmiri chilly : 1 

Green chilly : 1

Tomato :  1

Garlic : 4 cloves

Ginger : ½ inch

Fresh Curd :  2 tsp

Salt to taste

Bay leaf : 1/2

Cinnamon stick : 1 inch

Ghee : 1 tbsp

Turmeric powder : 2 pinch

Sugar : ¼ tsp

Water : 1 + ½ cup

Soak rice for 15 to 20 mts.

Meanwhile, prepare tomato paste.

Grind Red and green chilly, ginger , garlic , tomato to a fine paste and keep it aside.

In a wide and deep non-stick pan ,  pour ghee.

Add thinly sliced onion, sugar and bay leaf. 

Fry in low flame till onion becomes nicely brown and caramelized.

Add tomato paste and saute till raw smell goes. 

Add all the ingredients….  soaked rice, salt, turmeric powder, cinnamon stick, curd,  sweetcorn and mix nicely.

Close the lid and cook rice till all the water absorbed & cooked completely . 

Mix gently and serve hot.

For rich taste, you can add few threads of saffron while cooking.

Mild but delicious Sweetcorn Tehri is ready to serve.  

Can serve along with deep fried snacks, Bakra, Raitha and North Indian gravy.