We'd asked you, dear readers, to share your tricolour-themed recipes.
Here Rediff reader Ramanunni Nair tells us how to make Tiranga Rice.

Tiranga Rice

Ingredients

• 3 cups basmati rice
• 3 tbsp ghee
• 1 tbsp carrot juice
• 1 tbsp kesari colour
• 50 gm coriander finely chopped
• 50 gm spinach boiled
• Salt as required

Method

• Steam cook rice with salt.
• Make three portions of the rice and keep aside.

For green rice

• Blend spinach and coriander to make a fine paste.
• In a kadhai, heat 1 tbsp ghee.
• Add the ground paste and saute for a minute. Add salt.
• Mix in the rice and switch off the flame.

For orange rice

• In a small bowl, mix carrot juice and kesari colour with 1 tbsp of hot water.
• In a kadhai, heat 1 tbsp ghee.
• Mix in the rice and keep aside. Add salt if necessary.

For white rice

• In a kadhai, heat 1 tbsp ghee.
• Mix in the rice amd keep aside.

For plating

• Take a white plate.
• Grease an even edged cup with ghee or oil.
• Scoop the orange rice in the cup and press it well.
• Place it upside down on the top end of the plate. Tap slowly to make the perfect shape.
• Repeat with white and green rice to look like the colours of tiranga.
• Alternately, you can also simply place the coloured rice one by one, evenly on the plate.

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