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Green Curd Rice

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 Ingredients  Curd - 1 cup Coriander leaves - half cup Ginger - 1 or 2 slice Green chilli - 1 small Steps 1. Grind the above ingredients with little salt. 2.Add it to the mashed rice & mix well. Add extra curd if needed. You can also little amount of milk to avoid the sourness if you planned to eat lately. 3.Check salt and add if needed. 4. Do the tempering with mustard, a pinch of perungayam and curry leaves. Serve it with spicy side dishes.

Coconut milk Rice

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Ingredients  Coconut milk - 2 cups. Basmati rice - 1 cup. Meal maker / Soya chunks - half cup Capsicum - 2 (use different color so that appearance will be good) Onion - 2 (chopped straight) Green chilli - 2 (slice it straight) Ginger garlic paste - 1tbspn Salt as per taste. Mint & corriander leaves for garnish. Patta, bay leaf , Cloves  Sombu/ Aniseed - 1 tspn ( i prefer powdered) Steps Soak basmati rice before starting all other steps. Heat pan with 2 tbspn of vegetable oil  Add patta,bayleaf, cloves (opt) & sombu powder . Add Green chilli. Add ginger garlic paste. Add Chopped Onion & saute for few minutes. Add Chopped Capsicum . Add Soaked Rice & Add coconut milk  Add Salt & mix well. In a seperate bowl , boil water & put the meal maker in it.  Switch off it after 2 mins. Drain the water from meal maker completely by pressing each by your hand. Add meal maker to the pan we are cooking rice. Close...

Egg Carrot Rice (Kids Zone)

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Ingredient  Carrot - 1 Egg - 2  Salt as per taste Green chilli - 1  Pepper powder (optional) - 1/2 tspn Curry leaves. Tumeric powder - 1/2 spn Onion - 1 Steps 1. Heat kadai , add 1 tbspn of oil. 2. Add Chopped onion ,curry leaves  and chopped green chilli (u can avoid it if ur kid hate to see in their food). 3. Add grated carrot to it and saute . Add salt and turmeric powder . 4. Add egg to it and fry for mins. 5. Switch off the stove and mix the carrot egg masala to the rice. 6. Add salt if needed. Note : u can try this rice replacing carrot with beans Or you can also try adding both grated carrot and finely chopped beans with egg. Healthy And Tasty Rice is ready for sure. **************************************************************

Quicky Tamarind Rice

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This one is a life saver for lazy bugs like me.. you can make it in few minutes. There are different versions of making tamarind rice.. this one is the easy version.Will post the other versions soon. Ingredients  Tamarind - lemon sized. For tempering : Mustard - 1 tspn Vendhayam - 1 tspn Urad dhal- 1 tspn Channa dhal - 1 tspn Red dry chilli - 2 Hing / perungayam - 1 pinch Curry leves - few Tumeric powder - 1 tspn Roasted ground nuts - few (optional) Boiled Rice -2 cups Steps  Heat kadai , add 2 tbspn of gingelly oil (i prefer ) Or veg oil. Do the tampering .. start with mustard and then add vendhayam, hing , dry red chilli , urad dhal, channa dhal,curry leaves, roasted ground nut.. Add the tamarind water ( make thick water consistency ) Add salt Add tumeric powder. Let this boil for few mins When the gravy becomes thick enough for rice , switch off the stove. Add the tamarind gravy little by little to the rice and mix it. (Check salt and ad...

Chicken Briyani ( Simple & Basic method )

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             Chicken Briyaniiiiii ... Its hard to say NO to this.. Its almost everyone's favourite in India.. we have different types of chicken briyani.. my brother used to make briyani in soo many versions.. he always give his best shots when it comes to Non-Veg ..esply Chicken :) This Recipe is my mom's style which is very simple & easy to make.. It just takes nearly 20 mins to prepare.. Beginners must try this & make others wonder about your cooking .. Happy Cooking :) Ingredients  Basmati Rice - 1 cup Water - 1 & 1/2 cup (or 1 & 3/4 cups ..depends on ur rice type) Chicken - as per your req. Mint leaves - 1 cup Chopped Onion - 2 medium sized Chopped tomatoes - 2 medium sized Green Chilly - 2 Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 tbspn Pure Red chilly powder - 1 tspn Coriander Powder - 2 tspn Gram masala powder - 1/2 tspn Curd - 1 cup. Salt - to taste.    To temper ~ Bay leaf , cinnamon , cardamon & fenne...

Green Peas Rice

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Ingredients  Green Peas - 2 cups. Chopped Onion - 2 Pudhina / mint leaves - half cup Fennel seeds - 1 tspn Salt Oil - 1 tbspn Rice - 2 cups Water - 6 cups Method  Clean the rice. Heat a pressure cooker with 2 tbspn of oil . Drop 1 tspn of sombu/fennel seeds. Add chopped onions & saute for a min. Add Green peas & cleaned mint leaves & saute for 1 min. Pour 6 cups of water to it. Add the cleaned rice. Add Salt & a small pinch of turmeric (opt) Mix well & close the cooker . Keep 3 whistles & wait until the pressure leaves. Serve it hot with Onion Raitha.                                                ********* Happy Cooking ***********

Pudhina/ Mint Rice

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Ingredients : Mint Leaves Onion -2 Chopped Briyani leaf and patta - few Green Chillies - 3  Groundnuts - 1 small cup Ginger garlic paste - 1 full spoon Salt - as per taste Oil - 2 tbspns Cooked rice. Method : 1. Clean mint leaves and fry it for few mins till it get shrink. 2. Grind the cooked mint leaves. 3. Heat a pan with oil , fry brinyani leaf,patta,green chillies,onion,groundnuts and cashew (optional) 4. After few mins add our grinded mint paste and add salt.Fry this till the green smell comes out of our gravy (max 2 to 3 mins). 5. Mix mint gravy with cooked rice. Check for salt if needed add salt while mixing. 

Pepper Rice for Cough/Cold

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Ingredients : Black Pepper - 1 and half tspns (or more as per your taste ) Cumin seeds - 1 and half tspn Curry leaves - few Papad - 4 Asafoetida - 1/8 tspn Salt as per taste Ghee / Oil - 1Tbspn Cooked Rice Method : 1. Fry Papads , crush it and keep it aside. 2. Crush Black Pepper and cumin Seeds separately in a mixer /pestle . Cover this spice and keep it aside. 3. Heat Pan with oil / ghee. 4. Drop Crushed cumin seeds and then crushed black pepper. 5. Add asafoetida and curry leaves. 6. Add Salt. 7. Add cooked rice to this and mix well. Check salt. 8. Drop Crushed Papad over Pepper rice and mix lightly once. 9. Serve hot :) NOTE : Serve it as soon as you prepare .. Cos Papad may lose its crunchiness. Have a Hot Crunchy Lunchy Time :)  

5 mins Mango Rice Ready

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Ingredients - Grated Tangy Mango : 2 cups for 4 ppl Rice Curry Leaves : few Ground nuts / Pea nuts : few (optional) Dried Red Chilli : 2-3  Urad dal : 1 spoon Bengal gram / Channa Dal : 1 Spoon Turmeric Powder : 1/4 tsp Salt as per taste Method - 1. Heat Pan with 2 spn of oil , drop mustard seeds , bengal gram , urad dal , red chilli ,curry leaves and turmeric powder one by one.. 2. First fry all the above and then add Peanuts. 3. Now drop grated mango and mix well. you dont really need to cook mangoes. 4. Add salt and off stove. 5. Mix this with Cooked Rice and add salt if needed. 6. Tangy Mango Rice is ready to serve with your Big Smile :)

Quicky Vegetable Fried Rice

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Simple steps to make Quicky Veg Fried Rice :   Spread the cooked rice in a plate and add ½ tsp ghee. Mix the rice with a fork to coat with ghee. Crush garlic clove (1 or 2), cinnamon stick & cloves (opt) Take this spice crush into a plate and cover it till use. Take a bowl of boiled potato , carrot , green peas and beans Fry cashew nuts till golden in color. Similarly fry the raisins till they swell. Keep these fried ingredients aside for garnishing. METHOD : When oil is hot in pan add jeera (1 spoon) and fry it .  Then add sliced onions , green chillies (2) and fry it.  Then add the spice crush, turmeric powder (A pinch), red chili powder (1 tspn)and cooked vegetables. Mix all well and add salt.cover the pan and cook it on low flame for 1 minute. Then add the cooked rice and mix it well with our masala. Cover the pan and cook for 1 minute. The dish is ready to serve. Garnish with fried cashew nuts and fried raisins.