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Showing posts with label Rice. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rice. Show all posts

Sunday, March 1, 2015

Capsicum Masala Rice / Bell pepper Rice




This is a simple and easy to make rice recipe that is nutritious as well as tasty.

INGREDIENTS:
  • Cooked basmati rice - 2 cup
  • Chopped onion - 1 small
  • Capsicum / Bell pepper (chopped) - 2 nos
  • Peanut - 3 tsp
  • Cumin seed - ½ tsp
  • Urad daal - 1 tsp
  • Chana daal (optional) - 1 tsp
  • Coriander seeds - 2 tsp
  • Red chilly - 1 no
  • Fennel seed - ½ tsp
  • Black pepper - ½ tsp
  • Cinnamon – 1 inch stick
  • Cardamom – 2 nos
  • Cloves – 2 nos
  • Turmeric powder - 2 pinch
  • Ghee - 2 tbsp
  • Cashew nut - 1 tsp
  • Mustard seed - 1 tsp
  • Red chilly - 2 nos
  • Salt to taste

PREPARATION METHOD:
  • Dry roast 2 tsp peanut, cumin seed, red chilly, coriander seed, urad daal, chana daal, fennel seed, black pepper, cardamom, cloves and cinnamon.
  • Grind all the roasted ingredients together.
  • Heat ghee in a heavy bottomed pan.
  • Add mustard seeds and red chilly, let it splutter.
  • Add 1 tsp peanut and cashew nut into it and fry them.
  • Add chopped onion and saute for 2 minutes.
  • Add chopped bell pepper, turmeric powder and salt into it and saute for a minute.
  • Add cooked rice, ground masala and salt into it and mix well.
  • Cook for a minute, turn off the stove and serve it.

Recommended Combination: Serve hot with raita.



Sunday, April 20, 2014

Paneer Biriyani / Paneer Rice



INGREDIENTS:
  • Paneer - ½ lb or 250 gm
  • Chopped onion - 1 cup
  • Chopped tomato - 2 no
  • Basmati rice - 2 cup
  • Ginger and garlic paste - 1 tsp
  • Slit green chillies - 2 nos 
  • Coriander powder - 2 tsp
  • Red chilly powder - 1 tsp
  • Garam masala powder - 1 tsp
  • Turmeric powder - ¼ tsp
  • Fennel seed powder - ½ tsp
  • Pepper Powder - ½ tsp
  • Cinnamon – 2 one inch stick
  • Cardamom – 2 nos
  • Cloves – 3 nos
  • Bay leaves – 2 nos
  • kasoori methi - 1 tsp
  • Finely chopped coriander leaves - 2 tbsp
  • Ghee - 1 tbsp
  • Salt to taste
  • Oil 

PREPARATION METHOD:
  • Cut paneer into small pieces, lightly fry and keep aside.
  • Heat 1 tbsp ghee in a heavy bottomed Pan.
  • Fry cinnamon, cardamom, bay leaves and cloves together for a minute. 
  • Add drained rice and fry for a minute.
  • Add water and salt (to taste) and mix well.
  • Cover the pan with a lid and let it cook until the rice is cooked and all water has been absorbed.
  • Remove the rice from the fire and let it cool.
  • Heat 2 tbsp oil in a pan.
  • Add onion, green chillies, ginger and garlic paste.
  • Sauté onion till it turns transparent.
  • Add red chilly powder, coriander powder, garam masala Powder,  fennel seed powder, pepper powder, turmeric powder, salt and sauté.
  • Add tomato and sauté well till the oil separates from the masala.
  • Add fried paneer into it and saute well.
  • Slow down the flame and cover the pan and let it cook for  5 mins.
  • Add corriander leaves into it and cook for a minutes.
  • Add Kasoori methi and mix well.
  • Add cooked rice into it and mix well.
  • Let it cook for a minute.
  • Turn off the stove.
  • Garnish the biryani with chopped corriander leaves.

Recommended Combination: Serve hot with raita / pickle/ pappadam.





Sunday, October 27, 2013

Simple Vegetable Biriyani




INGREDIENTS:
  • Chopped Carrot - ½  cup
  • Chopped String beans - ½  cup
  • Chopped Cauliflower - ½  cup
  • Chopped Green peas- ½  cup 
  • Chopped Potato - ½  cup
  • Chopped onion - 2 cup
  • Chopped tomato - 2 no
  • Curd - 1 cup
  • Basmati rice - 2 cup
  • Ginger and garlic paste - 1 tbsp
  • Slit green chillies - 4 nos 
  • Coriander powder - 2 tbsp
  • Red chilly powder - 1 tsp
  • Garam masala powder - 1 tsp
  • Turmeric powder - ¼ tsp
  • Fennel seed powder - 1 tsp
  • Pepper Powder - ½ tsp
  • Cinnamon – 3 one inch stick
  • Cardamom – 4 nos
  • Cloves – 4 nos
  • Bay leaves – 2 nos
  • Finely chopped coriander leaves - ½ cup
  • Mint leaves (Pudina ila) - ½  cup
  • Ghee - 1 tbsp
  • Thinly sliced Onion - 1 cup 
  • Salt to taste
  • Oil for frying


PREPARATION METHOD:
  • Heat 2 tbsp oil in a pan.
  • Add Onions, green chillies, ginger and garlic paste.
  • Sauté onion till it turns transparent.
  • Add red chilly powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder, garam masala Powder,  fennel seed powder, pepper powder, salt and sauté .
  • Add tomato and sauté well.
  • Add all vegetables into it and saute well.
  • Slow down the flame and cover the pan and let it cook for  5 mins.
  • Add corriander leaves and pudina leaves into it and cook for a minutes.
  • Add curd into it and mix well and cook for 2-3 minutes.
  • Turn off the stove.
  • Heat oil in a pan.
  • Fry thinly sliced onions (for garnishing) until golden brown and remove it and keep it aside.
  • Heat 1 tbsp ghee in a heavy bottomed Pan.
  • Fry cinnamon, cardamom and cloves together for a minute. 
  • Add drained rice and mix well.
  • Add water and salt (to taste) and mix well.
  • Cover the pan with a lid and let it cook.
  • When the rice is half cooked, add cooked vegetable masala and mix with the rice.
  • Let it cook until the rice is cooked and all water has been absorbed.
  • Garnish the biryani with fried onion and chopped corriander leaves.

Recommended Combination: Serve hot with raita / pickle/ pappadam.

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Mushroom Rice / Mushroom Biriyani




INGREDIENTS:
  • Mushroom - 20 nos
  • Basmati rice - 2 cup
  • Chopped onion - 2 cup
  • Chopped tomato - 2 no
  • Ginger and garlic paste - 1 tbsp
  • Slit green chillies - 4 nos 
  • Coriander powder - 1 tbsp
  • Red chilly powder - 1 tsp
  • Garam masala powder - 1 tsp
  • Turmeric powder - ¼ tsp
  • Fennel seed powder - 1 tsp
  • Cinnamon – 2 one inch stick
  • Cardamom – 3 nos
  • Cloves – 3 nos
  • Bay leaves – 2 nos
  • Finely chopped coriander leaves - ½ cup
  • Mint leaves (Pudina ila) - ½  cup
  • Ghee - 1 tbsp
  • Thinly sliced Onion - 1 cup 
  • Salt to taste
  • Oil for frying

PREPARATION METHOD:
  • Clean and cut the mushroom into half and keep aside.
  • Heat 2 tbsp oil in a pan.
  • Add Onions, green chillies, ginger and garlic paste.
  • Sauté onion till it turns transparent.
  • Add red chilly powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder, garam masala Powder,  fennel seed powder, salt and sauté .
  • Add tomato and sauté well.
  • Add mushroom into it and mix well (no need to add water).
  • Slow down the flame and cover the pan and let it cook for  5 mins.
  • Add corriander leaves and pudina leaves into it and cook for a minutes.
  • Turn off the stove.
  • Heat oil in a pan.
  • Fry thinly sliced onions (for garnishing) until golden brown and remove it and keep it aside.
  • Heat 1 tbsp ghee in a heavy bottomed Pan.
  • Fry cinnamon, cardamom and cloves together for a minute. 
  • Add drained rice and mix well.
  • Add water and salt (to taste) and mix well.
  • Cover the pan with a lid and let it cook.
  • When the rice is half cooked, add mushroom masala and mix with the rice.
  • Let it cook until the rice is cooked and all water has been absorbed.
  • Garnish the biryani with fried onion and chopped corriander leaves.
Recommended Combination: Serve hot with raita / pickle.

Saturday, August 11, 2012

Beetroot Rice



INGREDIENTS:
  • Basmathi rice - 2 cup
  • Chopped Beetroot -1 cup
  • Chopped Onion– 1 nos
  • Green peas – ¼ cup
  • Chopped Green chili - 3 nos
  • Ginger Garlic paste - 1 tsp
  • Cinnamon -2 inch stick
  • Cloves- 2 nos
  • Cardamom - 2 nos
  • Salt to taste
  • Ghee or Oil- 1 tbsp
  • Raisins - 2 Tbsp
  • Cashewnut - 10 nos
  • Chopped corriander leaves

PREPARATION METHOD:
  • Heat ghee/oil in a pan.
  • Fry raisins and cashew nut and remove from the pan and keep aside.
  • Add onion, green chili, ginger garlic paste and saute.
  • Add chopped beetroot and saute for 2 -3 minutes.
  • Add greenpeas, salt and saute for a few minutes.
  • Heat 1 tsp of oil/ghee in a pan and fry cinnamon stick,  cardamom and  cloves.
  • Add rice into it and fry for a minute.
  • Add the vegetables in rice and mix it.
  • Add 4 cups of water and salt and cook the rice and vegetables in low flame.
  • Remove from fire and garnish the rice with fried nuts, raisins and chopped corriander leaves.


Recommended Combination: Serve with Pappadam/Chips and raita.

Sunday, February 5, 2012

Soya Biriyani



INGREDIENTS:
  • Basmati rice – 2 cup
  • Soya Chunks - 2 cup
  • Chopped onions – 2 cup
  • Tomato (chopped) – 1 no
  • Diced Carrot and Peas– 1 cup 
  • Green chilly – 2 nos
  • Chopped Ginger - 1 tsp
  • Chopped Garlic – 1 tsp
  • Chilly powder – 1 tsp
  • Turmeric Powder - ¼ tsp
  • Coriander powder – 1 tsp
  • Fennel seed Powder - 1 tsp
  • Garam Masala Powder - 1 tsp
  • Cinnamon – 2 one inch stick
  • Cardamom – 3 nos
  • Cloves – 3 nos
  • Bay leaves – 2 nos
  • Finely chopped coriander leaves - 1 cup
  • Ghee - 3 tbsp
  • Thinly sliced Onion - ½ cup 
  • Salt to taste
  • Oil for frying


PREPARATION METHOD:
  • Wash and soak rice for 10 mins and then drain it. 
  • Soak soya chunks in hot water for 15 minutes.
  • Drain the chunks and put them in cold water.
  • squeeze the chunks out of water and keep aside.
  • Heat 1 tbsp ghee in a heavy bottomed Pan.
  • Fry thinly sliced onions(for garnishing) until golden brown and remove it and keep it aside.
  • Add the remaining Ghee and fry cinnamon, cardamom and cloves together for a minute. 
  • Crush  chopped Garlic and Ginger with Green Chillies .
  • Add this to the pan along with chopped Onion and saute till translucent.
  • Add chopped tomato and saute well.
  • Add chili powder, coriander powder, fennel seed powder, turmeric Powder and garam masala and saute till the raw smell goes.
  • Add Soya chunks, carrot and peas to it.
  • Add ¼ cup water and salt to it and let it cook for 5 minutes.
  • Add mint leaves and cilantro to it and cook for a minute.
  • Add drained rice into it and mix well.
  • Add 4 cups of water, salt(to taste) and mix well.
  • Cover the pan with a lid and let it cook.
  • Remove from fire when the rice is cooked and all water has been absorbed.
  • Garnish the Biryani with fried onion and chopped corriander leaves.

Recommended Combination: Serve hot with Chicken Curry / pickle.

Friday, January 20, 2012

Nei Choru / Ghee Rice



Nei Choru or Ghee rice is popular in kerala, in northern part. The taste of ghee and spices in this rice is equally enjoyed by kids and adults.

INGREDIENTS:
  • Basmati rice - 2 cups
  • Sliced Onions - 1 small 
  • Cloves -4
  • Cardamom -4 
  • Cinnamon -2 inch long 
  • Ghee - 4 tbsp
  • Cashewnut - 12 nos
  • Raisins - 2 tbsp
  • Thinly sliced Onion - 1 small(for garnishing)
  • Salt to taste
  • Water- 4 cups

PREPARATION METHOD:
  • Wash the rice and drain it.
  • Heat 1 tbsp ghee in a pan 
  • Fry cashews and raisins and keep it aside.
  • Add 1 tbsp Ghee and fry the thinly sliced onions(for garnishing) until golden brown and remove it.
  • Add the remaining Ghee in the same pan and saute all the spices for 2 minutes.
  • Add sliced onions and saute the onion until translucent.
  • Add the drained rice to the pan .
  • Stir continuously and fry for 3-4 minutes.
  • Add water and salt to the pan.
  • Cover the pan with a lid and let it cook.
  • Remove from the fire when the rice is cooked and all water has been absorbed .
  • Garnish the rice with fried Onion, Cashewnut and raisins.

Recommended Combination: Serve hot with Chicken Curry / pickle.

Monday, March 22, 2010

Egg Fried Rice



Fried rice is a popular food which comes in a variety of flavours.
One of them is Egg Fried Rice, which is prepared by mixing scrambled egg and Vegetables in rice.

INGREDIENTS:
  • Basmati rice - 2 cup
  • Eggs - 3 nos
  • Thinly sliced carrot, string beans, cabbage  - 1 cup
  • Thinly sliced onion – 1 small
  • Thinly sliced capsicum - ¼ cup
  • Green peas- ¼ cup
  • Thinly sliced garlic – 1 tsp
  • Pepper powder - 1½ tsp
  • Soy sauce - 1 tsp
  • Olive oil / vegetable oil
  • Salt to taste
  • Chopped green onion

PREPARATION METHOD:
  • Cook the rice and let it cool.
  • Beat the eggs with a pinch of salt.
  • Heat oil in a pan, add 1 tsp onion and saute well.
  • When the onion turns pink colour add beaten egg stir well.
  • Sprinkle ½ tsp pepper powder into the scrambled egg, mix well and keep aside.
  • Heat oil in a pan and add onion, garlic  and saute well.
  • Add all the vegetables and sauté it for 2 minutes.
  • When the vegetables are cooked add salt and 1 tsp pepper powder.
  • Finally add cooked rice, soy sauce, scrambled eggs and mix well.
  • Remove from fire and garnish with chopped green onion.

Chicken Fried Rice


Chicken Fried rice is a popular food.
Chicken Fried Rice is prepared by mixing scrambled egg, Vegetables and chicken in rice.

INGREDIENTS:
  • Basmati rice - 2 cup
  • Small Chicken pieces -½ cup
  • Eggs - 2 nos
  • Thinly sliced carrot, string beans  - 1 cup
  • Thinly sliced onion – 1 small
  • Green peas- ¼ cup
  • Thinly sliced garlic – 1 tsp
  • Pepper powder - 2 tsp
  • Soy sauce - 2 tsp
  • Olive oil / oil
  • Salt to taste
  • Chopped green onion
PREPARATION METHOD:
  • Cook the rice and let it cool.
  • Mix the chicken pieces with salt and pepper powder .
  • Heat oil in a pan .
  • When chicken is fried, remove it from oil
  • Heat 2 tbsp oil.
  • Add onion, garlic and saute till it turns trasparent.
  • Then add eggs into it and stir it.
  • Add pepper powder, salt and vegetables into it and stir well for few minutes.
  • Add fried chicken, soy sauce and salt into it and mix well.
  • Add cooked rice and mix well.
  • Garnish with Spring Onion.
Recommended Combination: Serve hot with raita.


Chicken Biriyani



Chicken Biriyani is a spicy delighthful dish very popular in India. There are different varieties of Biriyani based on the spices added and the main ingredient.

INGREDIENTS:
  • Basmati Rice - 2 cups
  • Chicken pieces - 500g or 1lb
  • Sliced Onion - 2½ cups
  •  Tomato ( Chopped ) - 1 nos
  • Green chillies - 5 nos.
  • Chopped Garlic- 1 tbsp
  • Chopped Ginger - 1 tbsp
  • Cinnamon-4 pieces
  • Cardamom-2 nos
  • Cloves-4 nos
  • Turmeric powder - ¼ tsp
  • Chilli powder - 2 tsp
  • Coriander powder - 2 tbsp
  • Garam Masala - 2 tsp
  • Boiled Eggs - 2 nos.
  • Ghee - 5 tbsp
  • Oil -2 tbsp
  • Salt as needed
  • Chopped coriander leaves - 3 tbsp
  • Chopped mint leaves - 2 tbsp
For garnishing
  • Thinly sliced onion - ½ cups
  • Raisins - 2 tbsp
  • Cashewnut - 15 nos
  • Chopped coriander leaves

PREPARATION METHOD:
  • Wash Rice and drain it.
  • Roast the drained rice in ghee for 2 minutes.
  • Add 4 cups of water with salt, cinnamon, cardamom and cloves.
  • Cook rice(half cook).
  • Crush garlic, ginger and green chillies.
  • Heat oil in a pan.
  • Add 2 cup sliced onion, crushed green chilly,  garlic, ginger, and saute well. 
  • When onion turns transparent, add chilli powder, corriander powder, 1 tsp garam masala and saute well.
  • When the raw smell goes, add tomato and saute .
  • Add chopped corriander leaves and chopped mint leaves.
  • Add chicken pieces, salt, turmeric powder, water and allow to cook .
  • Once the chicken is cooked, remove it from fire (make sure the gravy is thick).
  • Fry Raisins, cashewnuts and 1/2 cup sliced onions in ghee, till brown and keep aside.
  • In an tray, spread a layer of chicken, rice, sprinkle corriander leaves, sprinkle garam masala then ghee. 
  • Keep repeating the above step and finally spread the remaining rice and corriander leaves on it.
  • Sprinkle fried cashews, raisins and fried onion.
  • Cover the tray and bake for 20 min at 350 deg celsius in Oven or tightly cover the pan and put it on a heated heavy pan and cook on low fire for 20 mins. 
  • Add the boiled Egg in rice and serve it.
Recommended Combination: Serve hot with Pappadam/Chips and Raita.

Vegetable Pulav





Vegetable Pulavu is prepared by cooking  fresh cut vegetables together with rice and spices.

INGREDIENTS:
  • Basmathi rice - 2 cup
  • Chopped Carrot,Green beans and peas -1 cup
  • Chopped Onion– 1 nos
  • Diced Potato – ¼ cup
  • Chopped Green chili - 3 nos
  • Ginger Garlic paste - 1 tsp
  • Cinnamon -2 inch stick
  • Cloves- 2 nos
  • Cardamom - 2 nos
  • Salt to taste
  • Ghee or Oil- 1 tbsp

PREPARATION METHOD:
  • Heat Ghee/Oil in a Pan.
  • Add Onion, Green Chili, Ginger Garlic paste and saute.
  • Add Potatao and saute for 2 -3 minutes.
  • Add chopped vegetables and saute for a few minutes.
  • Heat 1 tsp of oil/Ghee in a pan and fry Cinnamon Stick,  Cardamom and  cloves.
  • Add Rice into it and fry for a minute.
  • Add the Vegetables in Rice and mix it.
  • Add 4 cups of water and Salt and cook the rice and Vegetables in low flame.
Recommended Combination: Serve hot with Pappadam/Chips and Raita.

Vegetable Fried Rice



Vegetable Fried rice is a healthy food.

INGREDIENTS:
  • Basmati rice - 2 cup
  • Thinly sliced carrot, string beans, cabbage  - 1 cup
  • Thinly sliced onion – 1 small
  • Thinly sliced capsicum - ¼ cup
  • Green peas- ¼ cup
  • Thinly sliced garlic – 1 tsp
  • Pepper powder - 1 tsp
  • Soy sauce - 1 tsp
  • Olive oil / oil- 1 tbsp
  • Salt to taste
  • Chopped green onion

PREPARATION METHOD:
  • Cook the rice and let it cool.
  • Heat oil in a pan.
  • Add onion, garlic and saute well, till onion turns transparent.
  • Add all the vegetables and saute till they become soft.
  • Add salt and pepper powder into it and saute for a minute.
  • Add soy sauce and saute for a minute.
  • Add the rice and mix with vegetables .
  • Remove from fire and garnish with chopped green onion.
Recommended Combination: Serve hot with chicken or Raita.

Tomato Rice



Tomato rice is a South Indian food.
It is a variety prepartion of rice with rich tomato flavour.

INGREDIENTS:
  • Basmati Rice – 1 cup
  • Tomatoes(Chopped) – 4 nos
  • Onion(Chopped) – 1 nos
  • Chopped Garlic - ½ tsp
  • Chopped Ginger - ½ tsp
  • Chopped Green Chillis – 1 nos
  • Turmeric Powder -¼ tsp
  • Asafoetida powder - ¼ tsp
  • Fenugreek powder - ¼ tsp
  • Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
  • Urud Dal – 1 tbsp
  • Chana dal - 1 tbsp
  • Broken cashew nut - 2 tbsp
  • Gingely Oil - 2  - 3 tbsp
  • Salt to taste
  • Chopped corriander leaves - 1 tbsp
  • Curry leaves – few

PREPARATION METHOD:
  • Cook rice and let it cool.
  • Heat 1 tsp gingely oil in a Pan.
  • Add onions, ginger and garlic, green chilly and saute`till the onion turns transparent.
  • Add chopped tomatoes, chilly powder and saute well .
  • Add salt and mix well.
  • Let it cook till the tomato becomes soft.
  • Remove from fire and let it cool.
  • Grind them into a paste.
  • Heat 2 tbsp oil in a pan.
  • Add the tomato paste and corriander leaves into it and mix well.
  • Let it cook until the oil seperates from the paste.
  • Add the cooked rice and salt into it and mix well.
  • Let it cook for a minute and remove from the fire.
  • Heat the remaining oil in a Pan.
  • Add mustard seeds and red chilly, let it splutter.
  • Add cumin seed, chana dal, urad dal and cashew nut and fry it.
  • Add asafoetida, fenugreek powder and curry leaves .
  • Add the cooked tomato rice into it and mix well.
  • Remove from fire and serve.
Recommended Combination: Serve with Pappadam/Chips and raita.

Lemon Rice



Lemon rice is popular in south India. It is prepared by adding Lemon Juice in Cooked rice and seasoned with pulses.

INGREDIENTS:
  • Raw rice - 1 cup 
  • Lemon juice - 2 tbsp
  • Turmeric powder - ¼ tsp 
  • Chopped Green Chillies - 1 tsp 
  • Chopped Ginger - 1 tsp 
  • Asafoetida - ¼ tsp
  • Gingely oil - 1 tbsp 
  • Red chilles - 2 nos 
  • Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp 
  • Urad dal - 1 tsp 
  • Chana dal - 1 tsp 
  • Broken cashew nuts - 1 tbsp 
  • Curry leaves - few
  • Chopped  corriander leaves - 1tbsp
  • Salt to taste

PREPARATION METHOD:
  • Cook rice and allow to cool.
  • Heat oil in a pan.
  • Add mustard seeds and red chilly and let it splutter.
  • Add urad dal and chana dal and fry it.
  • Once urad dal becomes golden colour add cashew nut and fry it.
  • Add asafoetida,turmeric powder, green chilly, ginger and curry leaves into the oil and turn off the stove.
  • Slowly add rice into it and mix.
  • Add Lemon juice in to the rice and mix well.
  • Garnish with chopped  corriander leaves and serve.
Recommended Combination: Serve hot with Pappadam/Chips and Raita.

Curd Rice


Curd Rice is easily prepared by simply mixing boiled rice and curd.It is then seasoned with fried chopped green chillies, ginger, and curry leaves.

INGREDIENTS:
  • Basmati rice - 2 cups
  • Curd - 2 cups
  • Milk - ¼ cup
  • Chopped Ginger - 1 tsp
  • Chopped Green chillies - 1 tsp
  • Asafoetida powder - a pinch
  • Urad Dal- 1 tsp
  • Mustard seeds - ½ tsp
  • Red chilly-2 nos
  • Curry leaves - A few
  • Salt to taste
  • Oil/Ghee - 2 tsp

PREPARATION METHOD:
  • Cook Rice and allow it to cool.
  • Pour milk into cooled rice and mix well.
  • Add the Curd and Salt to the rice and mix well.
  • Heat Oil/Ghee in a pan.
  • Add Mustard seeds and Red chilly and let it splutter.
  • Add Urad dal and fry it.
  • Once Urad dal becomes golden colour add Asafoetida, Green Chilly, Ginger and Curry leaves into the oil and turn off the stove.
  • Pour this seasoning in the Curd rice and mix well.
Recommended Combination: Serve with Papppadam, Chips , Pickle.




Coconut Rice



Cocunut Rice, a popular Tamil dish is prepared by mixing grated coconut with rice and seasoned with nuts and other ingredients like chillies, curry leaves, mustard seeds etc.

INGREDIENTS:
  • Basmati rice - 2 cups
  • Grated Coconut - 1 cup
  • Chopped Ginger - 1 tsp
  • Chopped Green chillies - 1 tsp
  • Cashew nut -1 tsp
  • Asafoetida - a pinch
  • Urad Dal- 1 tsp
  • Channa Dal - 1tsp
  • Mustard seeds - ½ tsp
  • Red chilly-2 nos
  • Curry leaves - A few
  • Salt to taste
  • Oil - 2 tsp

PREPARATION METHOD:
  • Cook rice and allow it to cool.
  • Heat Oil in a pan.
  • Add Mustard seeds and Red chilly and let it splutter.
  • Add Urad dal and Channa Dal and fry it.
  • Once Urad dal becomes golden colour add Cashew nut, Asafoetida, Green Chilly, Ginger and Curry leaves into the oil.
  • Add grated Coconut and roast it for 2 -3 mins.
  • Add Salt and cooked rice and mix well.
Recommended Combination: Serve with Pickle and Pappadam.