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Home » Mexican » Mexican Biryani – Chipotle Style Veggie Bowl

Mexican Biryani – Chipotle Style Veggie Bowl

Published: Jun 4, 2012 · Modified: May 24, 2017 by Shweta Arora · This post may contain affiliate links

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Chipotle Veggie bowl is one of the first restaurants meals I tasted in the USA. For those who are new to this, Chipotle Mexican Grill is a chain of restaurants located in United States serving Mexican food like burritos, Tacos and bowl. This Veggie bowl is a healthy meal, consisting of rice, beans and salad, and this is what attracted me to this dish. 
I fondly call it Mexican Biryani, why?? The basic concept of Biryani is it’s a one dish meal cooked with alternate layers of rice and curry (gravy), topped with garnishing of dry fruits and onions. This veggie bowl has a similar concept of layers but each layer is unique. 
This dish fits well with casual parties as it has all the required dishes – rice, curry, salads, sides like sour cream, guacamole , add some tortilla or chapati’s and you are all set. Your guest can do any permutation /combination to create the flavor they would like to eat. 
There are couple of dishes that combine together to make this one dish meal which are...

Cilantro-Lime Rice:

1 cup of white rice – boil/steamed this & allow to cool.

Freshly chopped coriander
Juice of 1 lemon (or as per taste)
Salt to taste
Allow the rice to cool & then mix all the ingredients together, toss well.  If you mix with warm rice chances of rice grains braking are more. 

Black Beans: 
you can refer to my earlier post on Black beans curry for the complete recipe


Fajita Vegetables:

1 medium capsicum and 1 medium red onion cut in julienne

½ tsp oregano
1 tbsp oil
Salt and pepper to taste
Heat a pan and add oil to it. Once oil is hot saute the sliced green bell peppers and red onion until bright and slightly crisp. Add salt and oregano, mix well. 

Fresh Tomato Salsa:

1 tomato finely chopped

½ red onion finely chopped
½ jalapeno pepper deseeded and finely chopped
½ tbsp lemon juice
Salt to taste
Corrainder finely chopped
Mix all ingredients together to get a refreshing tomato salsa



Corn Salsa:

1 cup boiled corn kernel

1 roasted poblano peppers finely chopped
½ jalapeno pepper deseeded and finely chopped
½ red onion finely chopped
Salt to taste
Coriander finely chopped
Mix all ingredients together to get a sweet & hot corn salsa.
Tip: Poblano pepper is a mild chilli pepper popular in Mexico. If you are unable to find it replace with regular green bell pepper, it would taste slightly different but still great.

Tomatillo-Red Chili Salsa :

2 tomatillos

1 jalapeno
⅛ onion
½ tsp chili flakes
Salt, pepper,
½ tbsp lime juice
1 tbsp tomato sauce
Coriander finely chopped
Blend all the ingredients together in a blender to get a smooth, spicy sauce 

Tip: Tomatillo is staple in Mexican cuisine & a key ingredient for fresh cooked sauces. If you are unable to find it replace with green tomatoes,it would taste different but still great.
Guacamole: 

you can refer to my earlier post on Guacamole-Avocado dip for the complete recipe


In addition to these we will need some Sour cream, lettuce and cheese (optional) 


To make the bowl: 
Now that we have all our dishes ready, its all about layering. 



Start with a layer of rice followed by some black beans curry, Fajita vegetables, tomato salsa, corn salsa, red chilli salsa.


Top it with some sourcream, Guacamole, cheese and Lettuce!! That's it our Mexican biryani is ready, Enjoy!!

Happy Cooking!!
Shweta


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  1. Shweta Arora

    February 06, 2017 at 5:24 pm

    Hi Deepti, Thank you for giving this recipe a try, its our family fav. So glad you all liked it 🙂

    Reply
  2. du

    February 06, 2017 at 5:22 pm

    Hi Shweta,
    i made this yesterday for dinner, it was delicious. We really loved it.
    Thanks a lot. Deepti

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  3. Shweta Arora

    September 21, 2015 at 5:41 am

    Thanks Neetu, truly glad that you and your daughter liked the recipe. Thanks for giving it a try. Hope you will try some more 🙂

    Reply
  4. Neetu Sudarshan

    September 21, 2015 at 5:39 am

    Hey Shweta.. I tried your recipe and it came out well..even my 2 years daughter seemed to love it..thanks for the recipe...

    Reply
  5. Saurabh

    January 29, 2013 at 1:32 pm

    I made this with my mother. It was a fun project. Thanks for everything!

    Reply
  6. Santhi

    January 11, 2013 at 11:21 pm

    Thank you very much for the recipe. I love Chipotle Veggie bowl.

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