Mexican Rice (Spanish Rice)

Mexican Rice is a yet another side dish from Mexican Cuisine. These are made from white rice, garlic, onion, peppers and other ingredients.
This is a very simple recipe, here we have mentioned some ingredients but you can always add or subtract ingredients to suite your taste. So lets see what ingredients we will need

Ingredients:


1 1/2 cup white rice, uncooked
2 tbsp olive oil or vegetable oil
2 1/2 cup vegetable broth
1/4 onion, chopped
1/2 cup  tomato, paste
3-4 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 green pepper, chopped
1/2 cup green peas
1/2 cup American corn
1-2 tsp chili powder
1 tsp   cumin powder
1 lime juice
1/2 cup fresh cilantro
salt to taste

Directions:


Place the saucepan with oil in it, over medium heat. Now add garlic and onion , saute until softened. Add rice and cook with onion and garlic till it turns golden brown. Now tomato paste, all spices (no cilantro) , lime juice, vegetables and vegetable broth. Reduce the heat cover the saucepan and cook it for 15 min approx. Make sure that the broth is absorbed.

  Transfer the rice into serving bowl, and garnish with fresh cilantro.

As we said it being a side dish is served with all the Mexican cuisine, to name some burrito, enchilada, quesadilla, etc.