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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...

Masala Wheat dosa

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Ingredients  Wheat flour - 1 cup Turmeric powder - 1tspn Curd - half cup Salt as per taste. Garam masala powder - 1 tsp. Finely Chopped onion - half cup. Finely chopped Corriander leaves - half cup Green chilli - 2 finely chopped. Method of making masala wheat dosa 1.In a Bowl take wheat flour & curd , mix together . 2.Add water for getting perfect dosa batter consistency. 3.Let this batter be closed for 10 mins. 4.Add chopped onion , chilli , corriander leaves , salt ,  garam masala and tumeric powder . 5.Mix everything together. 6.Heat dosa pan, spread butter or vegetable oil over it. 7.Make dosa with masala wheat flour batter. Turn it gently . Serve it with Chutney.

Prawn Briyani

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Ingredient Prawn - 1/2 kg Tomato - 2 medium Onion - 3 medium  Ginger garlic paste - 1 tbspn Briyani masala - 1 tbspn Salt as per taste Patta , bay leaf , Cloves - few. Cardamon - 2 no. Coconut milk - for boiling rice (2 cups) Basmati rice . Steps  1.Wash & Clean prawns . 2.Soak basmathi rice for 10 mins. 3.Heat pan, add 2 tbspn of vegetable oil . Add bay leaf, paata ,cloves & cardamon. 4.Add the ginger garlic paste  . 5.Add the chopped onion .. saute for few mins  6.Add the chopped tomato.. Saute for few mins  7.Add the prawns... mix well with masala. 8.Add Briyani masala & a pinch of turmeric powder. (alternate masala for briyani masala...  1. red chilli powder 1 tspn & coriander powder - 2tspn with garam masala - 1spn. OR 2. You can also use 1 1/2 tbspn of Homemade chilli powder .) 9.Add the soaked rice. Rice and water ratio : For 1 cup of basmati rice i added  1 and 1/2 cups of water (coc...

Javvarisi Pasi Paruppu Payasam

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Ingredients  Pasi paruppu or moong dhal - half cup. Sago / javvarsi - a hand full. Jaggery or nattu sarkari - half cup. Coconut - 3 tbspn roasted in ghee (optional)  Cardamon - 2 or 3. Cashew nuts and raisins  Badam for garnish. Steps 1.Roast the moong dhal for  2 mins and wash them once. 2.Pressure cook it for 2 or 3 whistles 3.Mean while , boil the sago / javvarisi with 2 cups of water with a pinch of salt.  4.Heat a pan , add ghee  5.Fry cashew nuts and raisins. 6.Add the cooked moong dhal and half cup of water to it. 7.Let this boil .    Add the cooked sago to boiling moong dhal. 8.Add the powdered jaggery and mix well. 9.Stir the payasam .. check the consistency & add water if needed . 10.Finally add ghee roasted coconut to the payasam & switch off the stove. Healthy  & yummy treat is ready for you.

Bourbon Honey cup cake

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Ingredients  Bourbon biscuits - 5 or 6 Honey - 2 tbspn. Vanilla essence - 1 tbspn Milk- 3 tbspn Vegetable oil - 2 tbspn. Sugar - 3 tbspn. Steps 1. In a mixer .. Add the biscuits and sugar. Grind it as fine powder. 2. Add the vanilla essence and milk and grind it nicely. (here you can also replace milk with egg .. but egg must be beaten nicely to avoid the smell of egg in cake ) 3. Add vegetable oil and grind it. 4. Grease a small cup (i used stainless steel) with butter . 5. Pour the batter into it.. batter must be filled half of the cup ..    since cake raises while baking ..   you need to give space for raising... else the batter will come outside while cooking.. 6. Preheat the pan with salt in the base. 7. Place a plate in the pan.. keep the bowl above the plate. Close the lid of pan. 8. Wait for 5 to 6 mins. Check the cake with toothpick.If its done it will cum non sticky. 9.Switch off the stove & let the cake cool complet...

Easy Sponge Cake

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Ingredients  Maida / all Purpose flour - 1 cup Butter - 1/2 cup Egg -  3 no. Baking powder - 1/2 tspn Baking soda - 1/4 tspn Sugar - 1/2 cup. Vanilla essence - 1/4 tspn Milk - 3 tbspn Salt - a pinch. Steps for making Sponge cake   1. In a bowl , sift maida , Baking powder , baking soda and salt. 2.Beat 3 eggs(white) using hand mixer or electric blender separately.  3. In another bowl add melted butter , sugar and vanilla essence and 3 egg yolks. Whip nicely so that it forms a smoothy texture . Sugar must be completely blended with mix.  4. Add milk  and beat with it. 5.Add the flour to this mix slowly and blend it. 6. Add the white egg mix to the cake batter.. mix the batter nicely so that everything blend together.  7.Pour the batter to a butter greased pan . 8. Preheat the cooker for few mins. 9.  Put salt in the base of cooker. 10. Remove the casket of cooker. Dont use whistle. Place the batter...

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. **************************************************************