Tomato Rice

Ingredients:

Basmati Rice 1 Cup
Tomato 5
Onion 1 small
Ginger and Garlic paste 1 Tablespoon
Cardamom 2
Sombu 1 Teaspoon
Cinnamom 2 small pieces
Cloves 2
Peas 1/2 Cup
Dhania Powder 1 Teaspoon
Chilli Powder 1 and 1/2 Teaspoon
Jeera Powder 1 Teaspoon
Coconut Milk 2 Cup
Coriander Leaves
Curry Leaves

Method:

• Add oil to pressure cooker, then the spices and saute for 2 minutes.
• Add onion, when it turns golden brown add tomato, curry leaves and ginger and garlic paste fry for 2 minutes.
• Add peas, chilli powder, dhania powder and jeera powder.
• Fry for 3 to 4 minutes.
• Add rice, salt and 2 cups of coconut milk, leave 2 whistle.
• Open the cooker after 20 minutes and garnish with coriander leaves.

Serve with raita or egg curry.

Jeera Rice

Ingredients:

Jeera 2 Tablespoon
Rice 1 Cups
Oil 1 Tablespoon
Red Chillies 2
Salt
Curry leaves

Method :

• Heat the oil in a pan, add red chillies, jeera.
• Once jeera splutters turn off the stove and add curry leaves.
• Add rice , add some salt(according to your taste) and 2 cups water.Turn on the cooker.
• Garnish with coriander leaves.
  

Simple isn’t it….yet tasty with fry (any veg fry goes well with this).

Ghee Rice

Ingredients:

Basmati Rice 1 Cup(Soak in water for 1/2 to 1 hour)
Onion 1 Big
Cinnamom 2 small pieces
Cloves 2
Cardamom 2
Green Chillies 4
Whole Pepper 1 Teaspoon
Cashew nut Little
Ginger and Garlic paste 1 Tablespoon
Coriander Leaves
Ghee

Method:

• Add ghee to pressure cooker.
• Add the cloves, cinnamom, cardamom and whole pepper, fry for 2 minutes.
• Add onion and green chillies, when it turns golden brown colour add ginger and garlic paste, fry for 2 to 3 minutes.
• Add 2 cups of water, rice and salt.
• Close the cooker. Do not put weight.
• When steam comes from cooker, note the time and leave it for 7 minutes.
• Then switch off the stove.
• After 15 minutes open the cooker.
• Garnish it with fried cashew nut and coriander leaves.

Serve hot with raita.

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Mushroom Briyani

Ingredients:

Basmati Rice 2 Cups
Onion 2
Tomato 2 Big
Dhania Powder(Coriander Powder) 1 and 1/2 Teaspoon
Jeera Powder 1 Teaspoon
Cloves 8
Cardamom 2
Cinnamom 2
Green Chillies 10(Cut it length wise)
Ginger and Garlic paste 2 Teaspoon
Little Coriander, Pudina(Mint), and Curry Leaves
Mushroom(Closed Cup or Button) 250 gms
Oil

Method:

• Add oil to pressure cooker, then the spices and saute for 2 minutes.
• Add onion, when it turns golden brown add tomato, green chillies and ginger and garlic paste fry for 2 minutes.
• Add coriander, pudina and curry leaves.
• Add mushroom, turmeric powder, dhania powder and jeera powder.
• Fry for 3 to 4 minutes.
• Add rice, salt and 2 cups of water, leave 2 whistle.
• Open the cooker after 20 minutes and garnish with coriander leaves.

Serve with any spiced curry or any raita.

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Lemon Rice

Ingredients:

Rice 1 Cup
Green Chillies 6(Cut into small pieces)
Ginger 1/2 Inch(Cut into small pieces)
Urid dal 1 Teaspoon
Channa dal 1 Teaspoon
Mustard 1 Teaspoon
Lemon 2(Squeeze it in a small bowl)
Water 1 Cup
Curry Leaves
Turmeric Powder 1 Teaspoon
Ghee 1 Teaspoon
Oil

Method:

• Cook rice with salt and keep a side.
• Add oil to a saucepan, then add mustard.
• When it splits add urid dal, channa dal, curry leaves.
• Add turmeric powder, ginger and green chillies. Fry it for 2 to 3 minutes.
• Add lemon juice and 1 cup of water.
• Boil the content till all the water evaporates and oil separates.
• Add the rice to the saucepan and add ghee and mix well.

The lemon rice is now ready to serve.

Fried Rice

Ingredients:

Basmati Rice 1 Cup
Carrot 1
Peas 1/2 Cup
Beans 1/2 Cup
Cabbage 1/2 Cup
Spring Onion 1 Bunch
Green chili 1 Small (Cut into small pieces)
Garlic 2 Pods (Cut into small pieces)
Ginger 1/2 Inch (Cut into small pieces)
Soya Sauce 1 Teaspoon
Ajenomoto( Chinese Salt) 1 Teaspoon
Pepper 1 and 1/2 Teaspoon
Oil

Method:

• Cook rice with salt, add drain it.
• Add oil to kadai, then add green chili, garlic and ginger. Saute it well.
• Then add all the vegetables and sprinkle some water & cover it for 2 to 3 minutes.
• Add finely chopped spring onion and fry well.
• Sprinkle pepper and ajenomoto.
• Add cooked rice and soya sauce, mix well.
  
• Add pepper and salt if needed.

If needed add scrambled egg(with pepper and salt) to the rice and mix well.
Fried rice ready, Drop your comments.

Spinach Dal

Ingredients:

Spinach One bunch(washed and cut or tiered into big pieces)
Toor Dal 1 cup
Tomato 1 medium sized
Onion 1 medium sized
Green chillies 7 or 8
Turmeric 1/2 Teaspoon
Tamarind Lime size (Soak in water)
Water 1 Glass

For Seasoning:

Oil or ghee 1 teaspoon
Cumin 1 teaspoon
Mustard seeds 1 teaspoon
Minced garlic 1 teaspoon
Chana dal 1 teaspoon
Urad dal 1 teaspoon
Few pieces of curry leaves
Dried red chilli pieces

Method:

• Add all the above ingredients and pressure cook it.
• Then add 1 tsp of salt and with a whisk or a wood masher make a paste of spinach dal.
• In a saucepan, add one tsp of oil or ghee and lightly fry the minced garlic, urad dal, chana dal, cumin and mustard seeds, red chilli pieces and curry leaves.
• Add the spinach dal to the saucepan and combine them together.
  
• Serve the dal with rice or with chapati/roti.

Vegatable Briyani

Ingredients:

Rice 1 Cup
Onion 2
Tomato 2 Small
Sombu 1 Teaspoon
Garam masala 1/2 Teaspoon
Green chillies 4 to 6 ( Slit it lengthwise)
Turmeric powder 1/2 Teaspoon
Beans 1/2 Cup
Carrot 1/2 Cup
Potato 1
Peas 1/2 Cup
Salt
Oil or Ghee

To grind:

Garlic 3 Pods
Ginger 1/2 Inch
Pudina(Mint) A handful
Coriander A handful

Grind coarsely, Dont make it into a fine paste.

Method:

• Add oil or ghee to pressure cooker and add sombu.
• Then add onion, when it turns golden brown add the grinded paste.
• Now add turmeric powder and garam masala and saute it.
• Add the vegetables and tomato and saute it.
• When oil separates, add water and leave it to boil.
• Add rice and salt, close the cooker.
• After two whistle rice is done.
• Garnish with coriander leaves and add little ghee for flavor.

Now delicious vegetable briyani is ready. Enjoy it.

Mutton Briyani

Ingredients:

Basmati Rice 1 Cup ( Soak in water for half an hour)
Mutton 200 gms
Onion 2
Tomato 2 Small
Curd 1/2 Cup
Ginger n Garlic paste 2 Teaspoon
Cloves & Cardamom for seasoning
Few Pudina(Mint) Leaves
Few Coriander Leaves


To make a Paste:

Green Chillies 8
Cloves 2
Little Cashew nut
Little Pudina(Mint) Leaves

Method:

• Add oil or ghee to Pressure Cooker.
• Add cloves, cardamom and few pudina leaves.
• Then saute onions , then tomato & add ginger n garlic paste.
• Saute the above well.
• Add the grinded paste and saute till pudina smell goes.
• Add mutton, curd and salt after it blends add little water and pressure cook.
• The add rice to the pressure cooker and pour water( 1:2 ratio) and salt and leave for one whistle.
• Open the Pressure Cooker after 20 mins and add little ghee and garnish with coriander leaves.

Do enjoy and drop comments.