Jaraika Food Feast: 04/26/11

Jeera Veg Pulav

Ingredients:

basmati or long grain rice -[1 cup]
water-[11/2 cups]
bay leaves -[2 pieces]
salt to taste
oil -[2 teaspoon]
cumin seeds (jeera) -[2 -3 teaspoon]
green chilies-[3 -4 ](each one split into two)
chopped capsicum-a few (optional)
carrot-[2(grated or chopped )]
beans-[7(chopped)]
Cauliflower-[1/2 cup]
green peas-[1 cup]
ginger garlic paste-[1 teaspoon]
garam masala -[1/2tsp]
lemon juice -[3teaspoon]
cilantro for garnishing
cashewnuts fried in ghee

Procedure:

Heat the oil in a Rice cooker, add cumin seeds wait till it splutter

Then add bay leaves ,cloves,cinnamon stir for a minute and add green chillies, ginger garlic paste

Fry for 2 minutes and then add capsicum,all chopped vegetables along with peas,fry it for 2 min.

Add rice, fry for a minute. Add water and salt and mix well & close the cooker .

After two whistles ,off the stove and wait for 5minutes

Then add garam masala and cilantro,little lemon juice .

Serve Jeera veg pulav with reitha or any other spicy side dishes

Note :if you dont want more spicyness reduce green Chillies

Simple Jeera Rice

Ingredients:

Cooked Basmati rice or normal rice- 1 cup
Ghee and oil- teaspoon each
Salt to taste
Chopped Big onion -1
Cumin seeds-2 tsp
cumin powder- 1 teaspoon
Cashew nuts
Green chilly-1 or two(optional)

Procedure:

Take a kadai add oil,ghee and roast the cashew,filter the oil,ghee and take it and keep aside

Now in the same kadai add onion and fry it will golden brown arrive.Keep the flame medium

Add cumin seeds,green chilly ,cumin powder for 40 seconds.allow it splutter

Now add the fried cashew nut and add rice little by little and add salt if needed means

Then your easy and tasty jeera rice will be ready.

The side dish you can have as cauliflower manchurian ,mushroom masala or any gravies like soya beans gravy.For this rice the side dishes have to be spicy

Instant Coconut Rice

Ingredients:

Cooked Rice -2 Cups

120 gms grated coconut

Ghee-2 spoon

Black gram dhal

Broken pieces of nuts

Red Dry chillies

Curry leaves

Asafoetida powder -a pinch

Coriander leaves

Salt to taste

Cashew nut and Ground nuts

Procedure:

Take a pan add ghee Fry coconut evenly to a golden colour on a slow fire.

Heat 3 dessertspoon of ghee. Fry the cashewnuts,,ground nuts and remove.

Fry the broken pieces of dry chillies, black gram dhal, Asafoetida powder and curry leaves well.

Mix rice, coconut, nuts, 1 teaspoon of ghee and salt.

Serve hot garnished with coriander leaves.

Rava Kichadi

Ingredients:

Rava -[ 2 cups]
Onions (finely chopped) - [1/2 cup]
Tomato (finely chopped) - less than [1/2 cup or 1/2 cup ] according to the taste you can add.
Curry leaf,
Coriander (if you want)
Ginger (finely cut) - [1/2 teaspoon]
Turmeric powder - a pinch
Green chilly - [1 or 2 ]if you want spicy you can add 3 also.
Mustard seed, Urad daal (broken)
Salt

Procedure:

Boil one spoon of oil, add mustard seeds, urad daal, curry leaf, add onions to it and when it is golden brown, add tomato, chilly, ginger and cook, then add water and salt, turmeric powder, one spoon of cooking oil, and allow it boil.

Then add rawa to it and if you want add coriander leaves, add it only at the end,so that it will remain green and remove it from flame and serve hot.

Coconut chutney can be prepared, you can have pickle also if you like.

Instant Pachai Mocchai Rice

Ingredients:

Cooked Mochai
Big Onion-1
Red chilly-2 or 3
Kulambu milagai thool-2 to 3 spoon
Mustard
Ginger garlic paste
salt
oil

Procedure:

Take a pan add oil then mustard when it bursts add the dried red chilly

Add onion,ginger garlic paste,kulambu milagaai thool,pacchai mocchai and salt

When everything mixed and get thick gravy mix the cooked rice check the salt and chilly taste add if required means

Then your simple pachai mocchai rice will be ready