Ingredients:
1.Rice - 1 cup
2.Cumin seeds - 2 tsp
3.Ghee or Butter - 1 tbsp
4.Salt to taste
5.Water - 2 cups or as per your cooking directions for rice
Method:
1.Heat ghee or butter in pressure cooker.
2.You can use thick bottomed container with lid instead of pressure cooker.
3.Add cumin seeds and roast it.
4.Add water and salt and cook till rice becomes soft and fluffy.
5.Served with Rajma curry,channa masala or dal.
Ingredients
1.Spinach – 2 bunches
2.Tuvar dal – 25 gm
3.Onion – ½ chopped
4.Tomato – 1 chopped
5.Tamarind – 1 tbsp paste or 1 pod
6.Green chilli – 4
7.Garlic – 3 pods
8.Turmeric powder - ¼ tsp
9.Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
10.Red chilli – 2
11.Asafoetida – Pinch
12.Salt to taste
13.Oil – 1 tbsp
Method
1.Pressure cook dal ,Onion,Tomato,Green chilli,Garlic,Tamarind and Turmeric powder with half cup water or cook in a container till dal becomes mushy and vegetables are cooked.
2.In a separate pan cook spinach ,sprinkling little water.This will take 5 minutes.
(We dont want to over cook spinach,so we are not pressure cooking spinach.If you are cooking in a cointainer ,finally add spinach and cook for 5 minutes.)
3.Blend spinach and dal with enough salt.
4.Heat oil in a small pan , add Mustard seeds let it splitter.Add Asafoetida,then Red chilli, let it roast.
Mix it with the blended mixture.
5.Serve with rice and Chappathi.
6.Mix rice and spinach gravy and pack it for lunch.Have chips as side
Ingredients:
1.Basmati Rice – 1 cup
2.Mixed vegetables like(Carrot,French Beans,Peas,Potato and Cauliflower) - 1cup
3.Onion – 1 sliced
4.Tomato – 1
5.Ginger Garlic paste – 1tbsp
6.Green chilli – 2 slitted lenghwise
7.Cashew nuts – 6
8.Red chilli powder – 2 tsp
9.Turmeric powder - ½ tsp
10.Fennel seeds – 1tsp
11.Cloves - 2
12.cardamom – 2
13.Cinnamon – 1 inch
14.Bay leaf – 1
15.Star Anise -1
16.Mint leaves – 6
17.Coriander leaves – 1 tbsp
18.Ghee or Oil – 3 tbsp
19. salt to taste
Method:
1.Soak basmati rice in water for 20 minutes.
2.In a pressure cooker heat ghee or oil
2.Add the cashew nuts and spices(Fennel seeds,cloves,cardamom,cinnamon,Bay leaf,Star Anise) and allow it to crackle
3.Add Onion and saute for a minute.Add ginger garlc paste and saute till the raw smell goes.
4.Add mint leaves and Green chilli and saute for a minute.
5.Add all the vegetables ,saute for 5 minutes.
6.Add Basmati Rice and saute for 2 minutes.
7.Add Red chilli powder,Turmeric powder and salt.Saute for 2 minutes.
8.Add 2 cups of water and pressure cook for 2 whistles
9.If you are cooking in a pan cover the pan and cook till the rice become fluffy and vegetables are done.
10.Garnish with coriander leaves.
11.Serve hot with onion raitha.
Onion Raitha:
1.Onion – 1 thinly sliced
2.Fresh curd – 1 cup
3.Salt to taste
Mix Onion,curd and salt.serve fresh with vegetable briyani.
Ingredients:
This is a healthy and delicious food .Great for packing to lunch. My husband is a great fan of this rice.
Ingredients:
Seasoning:
1. Mustard seeds - ½ tsp
2. Cumin - ½ tsp
3. Channa dhal - 1 tbsp
4. Oil - 2 tbsp
Method:
1. Cook the Rice and spread it in the pan to cool so that the grains are separate
2. Heat the oil in the pan. Add Mustard seeds ,cumin and channa dhal.
3. Now add Onions, cook until onion become translucent.
4. Add green chili, sauté for a minute.Now add the grated carrots ,sauté for 2 minutes.
3. Add the red chili powder ,turmeric powder, garam masala and salt. Cook for 3 minutes.
4. Now spread the carrot in to the rice and mix evenly.
5. Garnish with coriander leaves.
