MEXICAN RICE

INGREDIENTS :-
1. 1cup socked rice
2. Half red bell pepper
3. 1 small onion
4. 3 to 4 garlic cloves
5. 1 small tomato
6. 2 to 3 dry red chilies
7. 3 cups vegetable stock
8. Half cup shredded carrot
9. Salt to taste
10. Olive oil for tempering 

METHOD :-
Add olive oil in a pan. Diced onion, bell pepper, tomato and add in the pan. Add garlic cloves and red chilies. Let these things saute on high flame till they get dark brown. After that add them in mixer and grind to paste. Add little olive oil in a kadhai. Add some chopped garlic and saute it. Add socked rice and mix well. Add the ground paste and mix again. To cook add vegetable stock. When you add a stock for cooking; it will take some more time. If you don't have stock available then you can cook the rice in water. Let the rice cook through. Add salt and mix it well. Add shredded carrot, mix and cover it and let cook for 5 min. Serve hot with sour cream and refried beans. 

SERVING :- 2 to 3 people