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.

Thakkali Achar / Tomato Pickle

Tomato Pickle is a dry side dish served with Rice or other breakfast items like Dosa or Idly.
It is prepared using Tomato puree sauted along with other spices till the water dries off.

INGREDIENTS:

• Tomato - 10 nos
• Garlic paste - 1 tsp
• Ginger paste - 1 tsp
• Chilli Powder- ½ tsp
• Turmeric Powder - tsp
• Fenu greek powder - ¼ tsp
• Asafoetida - ¼ tsp
• Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
• Curry leaves - few
• Sesame oil - ¼ cup
• sugar - 1 tsp

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Salt to taste
• Put Tomato in boiled and peel the skin.
• Grind tomato into pulp.
• Heat oil in a Pan.
• Add mustard seeds, when it starts to splutter add Ginger paste, Garlic paste, curry leaves and fry it.
• Add asafoetida stir for a minute.
• Add Tomato pulp, Turmeric powder, Chilli powder and Salt and cook it.
• When the water dries up add fenugreek powder and sugar and stir well.
• Stir well till the Oil oozes out and remove from fire..

Recommended Combination: Serve with Chappathi, Dosa, Idli, Rice.

Kadumanga / Mango Pickle

Kadumanga, is another name for a special preparation of Mango pickle. It is prepared using cut raw mangoes with chilly powder and oil.

INGREDIENTS:

• Unripe mango (large) - 3 nos
• Fenugreek powder - ¼ tsp
• Asafoetida Powder - ¼ tsp
• Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
• Salt to taste
• Chilli powder - 6 tsp
• Gingely oil - ½ Cup

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Remove skin and seed of Mango and cut it into small pieces.
• Mix the mango pieces with the salt and set aside for about 30 minutes.
• Heat Oil in a pan.
• Put Mustard seed into the Oil and let it splutter.
• Add Chilly powder, Fenugreek powder and Asafoetida Powder to the hot Oil and remove Pan from fire.
• Add this Oil to Mango and mix well.

Recommended Combination: Serve hot with Rice and Curd.