Mexican Style Veggie-Burrito bowl

                              Veggie Bowl is a Mexican Dish. Mexican food's taste have some similarities with Indian food's taste. May be because both countries are under tropical weather, the vegetables grown in both places are the same. There is no big recipe for this dish. It involves less cooking. Just we have to assemble cooked rice, guacamole, salsa, cooked beans, fajitas, sour cream and the list goes on as per our taste

Ingredients:

1.Rice

2. Beans

    a. Brown/Black beans

    b. Garlic

    c. Cumin powder

    d. Coriander leaves

3. Guacamole

    a. Avocado

    b. Onion

    c. Tomato

    d. Lemon

    e. Garlic

    f. Coriander leaves

4. Tomato-Onion Salsa

    a. Tomato

    b. Onion

    c. Garlic

    d. Coriander leaves

5. Pineapple-Mango Salsa (optional)

    a. Pineapple

    b. Ripe Mango

    c. Onion

    d. Coriander leaves

    e. Chilli flakes

6. Fajitas

    a. Onion

    b. Bell pepper

    c. Mushroom

    d. Cumin powder

    e. Chilli flakes

7. Corn

8. Chopped avocados (optional)

9. Sour cream/Curd

10. Shredded cheese

Recipe:

Rice:

Cook 1/2 cup of brown rice / white rice. I have jus added coriander leaves, lemon juice and salt to the cooked white rice. This is called Coriander rice in Mexican eateries. You can use plain Brown rice/white rice too.

Beans:

Soak 1/2 cup Black bean/brown bean in hot water for 2 hours. Cook the beans with salt, cumin powder, few garlic pods, few chopped coriander leaves for 5 whistles in a pressure cooker. Alternatively, the beans can be cooked in open pot as well.

Guacamole:

Mash 1 ripened avocado, finely chop 1/2 onion, 1/3 tomato, few garlic pods. Mix everything with salt and little lemon juice. Avocado oxidise and gets a dark colour. So adding lemon juice is mandatory. Also it gives good taste to guac (Guacamole is usually called Guac)

Tomato-Onion Salsa:

Finely chop 1/2 onion, 2 small tomatoes, few garlic pods, coriander leaves. Mix everything with salt.

Pineapple-Mango Salsa: (optional)

Finely chop few slices of pineapple, half of ripened Mango, coriander leaves, quarter onion. Mix everything with salt and chilli flakes

Fajitas:

Slice an onion, half of bell pepper, mushrooms(optional) lengthwise. Saute the veggies in olive oil. Season with salt, chilli flakes and cumin powder. The veggies should not loose its crunchiness.

Corn:

Cook few spoons of corn kernels. Dont skip adding corn. It gives a very good crunchy taste while eating.

               Serve the veggie bowl with few spoons of cooked rice, cooked beans, Guacamole, fajitas, salsas, cooked corn, chopped avocado (unripe), sour cream (sour cream can be replaced with curd), shredded cheese.

You can also add shredded lettuce, olives, green chillies, sliced Jalapeno, pickled Jalapeno (pickled in vinegar), cucumber, diced pepper and toppings like mustard sauce, ranch, sriracha etc

Notes:

1. There is no hard and fast rule for this recipe and ingredients. You can add veggies of your taste.

2. The above mentioned ingredients serves 2-3 people.

3. Make sure the rice is not over cooked. Brown rice suits well for this recipe.
4. Tacos can be prepared by stuffing the same mix in Roti/Tortilla (Roti kind made of corn flour)