Baked Corn Rice

I have never tried my hand at baking rice. This is my first attempt and I should say, I am already falling for it. I just loved the idea of baking cooked rice, with different flavors and topping it off with cheese. Cheese is my all time favorite and I wont even have second thoughts if the dish has cheese. This is a very easy dish and yet very tasty. Its like a comfort food for me now, which can cheer me up and make me happy. This recipe can be adapted to any vegetable (whichever goes well with rice). Today, I only had corn with me. This works well with mushrooms, capsicum, green peas, potato. Non veg lovers can try this with chicken too. Here is the recipe now.

Recipe:

Ingredients:

• Sweet corn - 1 cup
• Basmati Rice - ½ cup
• Water - 1 cup
• Milk - ½ cup
• Salt - as req
• Chopped onions - 2 tbsp
• Chili flakes - 1 tbsp
• Oregano spice mix - 1 tsp
• Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
• Oil - 2 tsp
• Cheese - as required

Preparation:

1. Heat oil in a pan and add onions. Fry until golden brown.
2. Quickly saute the ginger garlic paste and add the sweetcorn.
3. Once the sweetcorn is half done, add the washed rice and fry it for 3-4 mins.
4. Add chili flakes, oregano mix and give another stir.
5. Add the water and milk and bring it boil. Add Salt.
6. Cover it for 5-10 mins until the rice cooks.
7. Once the rice is done, transfer it to a baking dish and to it off with cheese of your choice.
8. Preheat oven at 180 deg C for 10 mins and bake the rice for 20-30 mins
9. Keep it on grill mode for 5 mins to have a crusty cheese top.
10. The rice is crispy and combines really well with cheese. Serve hot.