Tricolour Capsicum rice

Tricolour Capsicum Rice is a vibrant and aromatic dish made with red, yellow, and green bell peppers, perfectly cooked rice, and a blend of Indian spices. This visually appealing recipe not only adds colour to your plate but also delivers a delicious mix of sweet, mildly spicy, and earthy flavours.

Why You’ll Love This Recipe

This capsicum rice is quick, easy, and perfect for everyday cooking. It’s an excellent way to use leftover rice while transforming it into a wholesome and satisfying meal. The crunchy texture of sautéed capsicum combined with fragrant spices makes every bite enjoyable.

Unique Flavour Without Onion & Garlic

While capsicum rice is often associated with Mexican or Spanish-style flavours—where rice is typically cooked with onion, garlic, and rich gravies—this version offers a refreshing twist. Prepared without onion and garlic, it uses a special no onion–no garlic sauce to create a unique and satisfying taste that is both light and aromatic.

🍽️ Perfect for Lunchboxes & Quick Meals

Tricolour Capsicum Rice is ideal for lunchboxes, busy weekday meals, or even a light dinner. It comes together in under 30 minutes and requires simple pantry ingredients, making it a go-to recipe for home cooks.

Nutritional Benefits of Capsicum

Bell peppers are loved not just for their bright colours and sweet flavour, but also for their impressive nutritional value. They are rich in carotenoids, Vitamin E, and powerful antioxidants that support overall health while adding a fresh crunch to your meal.

🥗 Healthy & Nutritious Choice

Loaded with colourful capsicum, this dish is rich in vitamins A and C, antioxidants, and fibre. It’s a great way to include more vegetables in your diet while keeping the meal light yet fulfilling.

🍛 Serving Suggestions

Serve this flavourful rice with cooling raita, plain curd, or a fresh salad. You can also pair it with papad or pickle for an authentic Indian meal experience.

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Tricolour Capsicum rice

Niranjana Sankaranarayanan

Tricolour Capsicum rice is a variety rice made with three different colour capsicums namely green, red and yellow. It is so easy to make with less ingredients. Bell peppers are known for its attractive colour, taste and nutrients. They are rice in carotenoids, Vitamin-E and good anti-oxidants. Normally rice with pepper or bell pepper give them a mexican or spanish flavour. Mexican rice has to be marinated in onion-garlic gravy and other spices. Here I didn't use onion and garlic. I used No onion no garlic sauce to give it a different flavour.  Tricolour Capsicum rice is an easy, colourful and tasty rice that you can prepare it in a jiffy.

Other rice recipes

Ellu Saadham / Ellodharai

Vangibath/Brinjal Rice/Kathirikkai Saadham

Mango rice/Mangai saadham/Maavinakai chitranna

Bisi bele bath

Lemon rice

Tamarind rice

Sweet Rice/Jaggery rice/Vella saadham

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 30 minutes mins

Total Time 40 minutes mins

Course Main Course, Rice

Cuisine Indo Mexican, South Indian

Servings 4

Ingredients

  

• 4 cups Cooked Rice
• 1 cup Red Bell pepper
• 1 cup Yellow Bell pepper
• 1 cup Green Bell pepper
• 1 tsp Red chilli powder
• 2 tsp Garam masala powder
• To taste Salt
• 1 to 2 tsp Tomato sauce

For Seasoning

• 1 tsp Oil
• 1 tsp Mustard seeds
• 1 tsp Cumin seeds

Instructions

 

• Pressure cook the rice and keep aside.
• Cut the bell pepper into two and remove the stem and the seeds inside.
• Now chop the bell pepper into small pieces.
• In a pan, add oil and splutter mustard seeds. Once they crack, add the cumin seeds and saute for a minute.
• Add the red chilli powder,  garam masala powder, sauce and saute for half a minute. Take care that they donot turn black.
• Now add the chopped bell pepper and saute for five minutes. They need to be half cooked. The colour of the bell pepper should remain the same.
• Turn off the stove and add the cooked rice. Donot mix with the spatula. It will make the rice mushy.
• Just toss the pan. It will blend the rice with bell pepper masala.
• Add salt and mix well.
• Colourful and tasty rice is ready.

Notes

• If you want the rice to be spicy use tomato sauce or chilli sauce instead of No onion no garlic sauce.
• Use the same cup to measure the vegetables and cooked rice.

Keyword Bell pepper rice, Capsicum rice, Kudamilagai sadham

INSTRUCTIONS

Note : If you want the rice to be spicy use tomato sauce or chilli sauce instead of No onion no garlic sauce.

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