Vegetable Rice

Ingredients:

For rice
1 cup basmati or long grain rice
2 cups water
2 tablespoons oil
1 teaspoon cumin seeds
2 bay leaves
1 teaspoon salt
For vegetables
3 tablespoons oil
1 teaspoon cumin seeds
1 medium sized potato, chopped into 1/2″ cubes
1 carrot, chopped
1 cup cauliflower, cut into small pieces
1 cup frozen green peas
1/2 red bell pepper, chopped
2 long sliced green peppers
1 teaspoon grated ginger
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon garam masala
1 tablespoon lemon juice
For garnish:
2 tablespoons minced cilantro

Process:

Preparing the rice

Heat the oil in a saucepan. Test the heat by adding one cumin seed to the oil; if it cracks right away oil is ready. After cumin seeds crack add bay leaves and stir for few seconds. Next add the rice. Stir-fry for 2 minutes. Add the water and salt, bring to a boil and turn the heat to low. Cover the pan. Cook about 15 minutes, or until the rice is tender and the water has evaporated. Turn off the heat and fluff the rice with a fork.

Preparing the vegetables

Use a frying pan to cook these vegetables. Add the vegetables one by one. The vegetables that need the most time to cook are added first and the vegetables that need the least time will be added last.

Heat the oil in a pan. Test the heat by adding one cumin seed to the oil; if it cracks right away oil is ready. Add cumin seeds and wait until cumin seeds crack. Next add potatoes, stir-fry them for about 2 minutes. Now add cauliflower and carrots. Let them cook for about another 3 minutes, stirring occasionally. Now add green peas, bell pepper, ginger and green chilies. Let the vegetables cook for a few minutes just until tender. Turn off the heat. Add garam masala and lemon juice.

Next gently fold the rice into the vegetables. Transfer to a serving dish and garnish the rice dish with cilantro.

Variations and suggestions

Just serve as spiced rice. In this recipe you need about 3 cups of vegetables. You can use any vegetables you have on hand.

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Garlic Chicken

Ingredients: Chicken drumsticks 1 lb Plain yogurt 1 cup Green chilies 4 Medium sized onion (finely chopped) 1 Ginger 1" Cloves garlic 3 Salt and black pepper to taste Oil 4 tbsp Cilantro for garnishing

Directions:

Blend green chilies, ginger, garlic, and black pepper to a fine paste.

Add yogurt to this mix.

Marinate chicken drumsticks with the above mix and leave it for an hour.

In a non-stick pan, heat enough oil and let onions fry until brown.

Add chicken drumsticks to the onions and fry them until done.

Add some salt to taste and garnish with cilantro.

Miriyala Charu

Ingredients :
Tamarind	-	1 lemon sized	Fenugreek seeds	-	1/4 tsp
Water	-	3-4cups	Cumin seeds	-	1/4 tsp
Turmeric powder	-	a pinch	Broken red chillies	-	2nos
Split green chillies	-	2nos	Asafetida	-	a pinch
Curry leaves	-	1sprig	Curry leaves	-	few
Chopped Coriander leaves			For Rasam Masala (Charu podi)
Salt	-	to taste	Black pepper	-	1tsp
Sugar - a pinch			Coriander seeds	-	3tsp
For seasoning :			Cumin seeds		2tsp
Oil	-	2 tsp	Red chillies	-	3nos
Mustard seeds	-	1/4 tsp	Red gram dal	-	2tbs

Method of Preparation :

Slightly roast all the ingredients for rasam masala and grind to a fine powder. Store this masala in an air tight container.

Heat oil in a pan and season mustard seeds. When they splutter, add all the other ingredients for seasoning and fry for a few minutes.

Add tamarind dissolved in water, chopped green chillies, turmeric powder, salt to taste, sugar and 1tsp of rasam powder. Bring to a boil, add coriander leaves and curry leaves. Remove from fire after few seconds.

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MEAL MAKER CURRY

ingrediants ..

meal maker 1 cup
jeera 1 spoon
onion (grated ) 1 cup
ginger garlic paste 1 spoon
green chilli 3
tomatoes 3 (cut into small pieces)
turmeric pinch
red chilli powder 1/2 spoon
dhania powder 1 spoon
milk 1 cup
coriander few
salt to taste

First soak mealmaker 10 minutes in hot water , after that squeese the water .keep asidemeal maker heat 2 spons oil in a pan add jeera ,green chilli , grated onions ,ginger garlic paste , fry well , agai add turmeric , chilipowder, tomato pieces, mix well add 1/2 cup water , add dhania powder, add milk ,(small cup ) mix well add meal maker ,add salt, cover the lid ,wait 10 minutes , remove from flame garnish with coriander leaves. tasty mealmaker curry is ready for your taste. served with roti, chapati butternan

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Drumstick fry

1. Drumstick - 2
2. Chilli powder – ½ tsp or to taste
3. Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
4. Mustard seeds – ¼ tsp
5. Urad dal – ½ tsp
6. Curry leaves – 5
7. Garlic – 2 flakes (crushed)
8. Salt – to taste
9. Oil – 5 tsp
10. Channa dal powder – 2 tbsp

Cut the drumstick into 3 inch pieces and keep aside.
Roughly crush the garlic flakes and keep aside.
Now take a pan and heat with oil.Add mustard seeds.
When they start to crackle add urad dal, crushed garlic and curry leaves.
Sauté till urad dal turn into golden yellow colour.
Then add the drumstick pieces, turmeric powder and salt.
Combine well and close with a lid.
Cook on low flame till they become soft.In-between stir well so that they don’t burn.
Then add red chilli powder and sauté for a min.
Add channa dal powder and sauté for another two mins.
Finally adjust salt and remove from heat.

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Rava Upma

Ingredients
Upma rava-1 cup
Water -2cups
Salt
Green chillies-4-5
Ginger-1 inch
For Seasoning
Oil
Urad dal
Mustard seeds
Chana dal
Curry leaves.

Method
Heat oil in a pan or kadai and all the above seasoning, chillies and ginger. When they turn little brown add Rava and fry a little.
In a small bowl add 2 cups of water and salt and heat it to boil.
Then pour this water into the kadai.
Mix well and close it with a lid and stir it occasionally. (If not rawa remains as thick balls). When rawa is completely cooked remove from fire.

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Adur Poories

Ingredients
Wheat flour - 500 gm
Maida - 150 gm
Butter - 1 cup
Milk - 50 ml
Ghee - 1/2 cup
Refined oil - 500 ml

Preparation Method
1)Mix wheat flour, maida, butter milk in a bowl and prepare smooth dough. Knead well.

2)Applying ghee to the puri roller and the plank, prepare pooris.

3)Using refined oil as medium, deep fry the pooris until brown.

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