Friday 4 January 2013


Friday 2 March 2012

ONIONRICE

 
Ingredients: 
  • 2 cup cooked rice
  • 1 onion sliced
  • 2 tblsp oil
  • 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
  • 1 green chili chopped
  • 1 tsp chopped garlic
  • Salt to taste
  • 1 tsp coriander, chopped
  • 2 tsp juice of lime 
Method: 
  • Heat oil in a wok, add mustard seeds, and green chilies into it and let splutter.
  • Now add the garlic and fry till it turns golden brown
  • You should now put in the sliced onions and saute till they are golden in color
  • Add the salt and pepper, put in the rice and mix well.
  • Put of the stove and mix the lime juice well with the rice
  • Garnish with freshly chopped coriander. 
  • Then serve hot.
 

Thursday 23 February 2012

CARROTRICE


Ingredients:
  • 2 cup rice
  • 2 onion
  • 5 carrot
  • 2 tsp fried groundnuts
  • 2 tsp oil
  • a small piece of cinnamon
  • 1 tsp broken block gram
  • 2 nos cloves
  • 1 tsp mustard
  • 1 tsp bengal gram
  • a few sprigs curry leaves
  • Salt as per taste 
For Masala:
  • 1 1/2 tsp coriander seeds
  • 3/4 tsp cumin seeds
  • 2 tsp grated coconut
  • 4 nos red chillie

 Method:
  • Heat the pan, pour the 1 tsp oil. Add red chillies, coriander seeds, cumin seeds and fry till it turns brown.
  • Add grated coconuts and remove from the heat. Grind it after it cools down.
  • Grind seperately, the fried groundnuts coarsely.
  • Cook the rice and let it cool.
  • Put the carrots in warm water. Grate it without peeling the skin.
  • Heat oil in a pan. Add cloves, cinnamon, mustard, broken block gram and Bengal gram. Fry them.
  • Add curry leaves and chopped onions. Once the onion is cooked, add the grated carrots. Fry till the carrots are cooked.
  • Add rice and fry in a low flame. Add salt and the ground masala powder. Mix it well with the rice.
  • Finally add groundnut powder and remove from the flame.
  • Then serve hot.

Monday 13 February 2012

CURD RICE

Ingredients:
  • 1 cup boiled Rice
  • 2 cups Yogurt (Curd)
  • 2 tblsp Oil
  • 1/4 cup Milk
  • Finely chopped Coriander Leaves
  • 1-2 Green Chilies
  • 1 tsp Chana Daal
  • 1 tsp Urad Daal
  • 1 tsp Mustard Seeds
  • 1 1/2 tsp finely chopped Ginger
  • 1/2 tsp Salt
Method:
  • In a saucepan heat 2 tablespoonful of oil.
  • Add mustard seeds to the oil.
  • When the mustard seeds start popping add chana and urad daal.
  • After a minute, add in the ginger, coriander and green chilies.
  • Saute them for a minute. Take the pan off the gas.
  • Add in the rice , Mix the salt to tast. 
  • Just before serving, mix all the ingredients with curd and milk.
  • Then ready to eat.

Thursday 9 February 2012

VEGETABLE RICE


Ingredients:
  • 2 cups Basmati Rice
  • 1 cup Mixed Vgetable (cauliflower, potato, carrot, beans)
  • 150 gms Green Peas
  • 3 Finely Sliced Onion
  • 2 Finely Sliced Green Chillies
  • Salt to taste
  • 1 tsp Red Chilli Powder
  • 2 tsp Cinnamo, Caraway Seeds
  • 4 Cloves (laung)
  • 1/2 tsp Black Pepper Powder
  • 4 Tomato
  • 1/2 cup  curd
  • 4 tbsp Vegetable Oil
  • 1/2 tsp Mustard Seeds
  • 3 tbsp  cashew nuts, raisin
Method:
  • Wash the basmati rice well before cooking.Then take rice with 3-3/4 cup water and a little salt added to it and 2 tbsp of dry fruits.Cook it in pressure cooker.
  • Cut all the vegetables into small thin pieces and fry each one of it separately in oil. Fry the green peas also.
  • Take 1 tblsp oil in a pan and add mustard seeds, green chilli, cinnamon and caraway seeds powder, cloves, black pepper powder and stir for about half minute. Then add onions and saute them for a minute ot till they get pink in color.
  • Add salt and red chilli powder and stir.
  • Add fine chopped tomatoes and fry till they are properly cooked.
  • Take the yogurt and make it fine by putting in a blender for just 2 rotations. Add this fine yogurt and stir well.Heat it for about 10 seconds.
  • Add all the fried vegetables.
  • Add the cooked rice and mix well with very light hands so that the rice grain doesn't break. Cook for about 3 minutes.
  • Take this vegetable biryani out in a rice serving dish.
  • Garnish with dry fruits and green coriander leaves.
  • Then ready to eat hot.

Tuesday 7 February 2012

LEMON RICE


 
Ingredients:
  • 2cups boiled Rice
  • 2 tpsp Lemon juice
  • 6 tbsp Oil
  • 1/2 tsp Black Mustard seeds
  • Few curry leaves
  • 3-4 green chilies
  • Salt to taste
  • 1/4th tsp. turmeric powder
  • 1/4th cup peanuts  
Method: 
  • Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds, allow to splutter.
  • Add turmeric powder and peanuts, fry till brown.
  • Now add green chilies, curry leaves, salt and fry for 2 minutes.
  • Take it off from the flame and add lemon juice and mix well.
  • Now add this to the boiled rice and mix well.
  • Lemon rice is ready to eat.

Friday 3 February 2012

COCONUT RICE




Ingredients: 
  • 500 gms biryani rice
  • 130 gms coconut
  • 40 ml ghee
  • 25 gms black gram dhal
  • 25 gms broken pieces of nuts
  • 6 gms dry chillies
  • 2 gms curry leaves
  • 2.5 gms asafoetida powder
  • 20 gms (minced) coriander leaves
  • Salt to taste 
Method: 
  • Boil rice and keep aside.
  • Fry coconut evenly to a golden colour on a slow fire.
  • Heat 3 dessertspoon of ghee. Fry the cashewnuts and remove.
  • Fry the broken pieces of dry chillies, black gram dhal, and curry leaves well.
  • Mix rice, coconut, nuts, 1 teaspoon of ghee and salt.
  • Serve hot garnished with coriander leaves