Posted by Vishala on May 23rd, 2014
Serving:3 |Type: Non Veg Rice
Ingredients:
| Cooked Rice |
-4 cups |
| Green Peas |
-1cup |
| Egg(beaten) |
-2 |
| Onion(chopped) |
-½ cup |
| Green chili |
-2 |
| Black Pepper Powder |
-1tsp |
| Garlic(mashed) |
-2 |
| Oil |
-3tbsp |
| Salt |
-to taste |
Method:
- Cook the rice with little salt and 1tsp oil and keep it aside.
- Rice should be like separate grains and room temperature.
- Take a pan heat with oil add mashed garlic sauté for 30 seconds.
- Then add onion, green chili and green Peas sauté for a minute.
- Now add beaten egg, salt and pepper sauté for a minute.
- Then add cooked rice mix well cook it for 2 minutes.
- Turn off the stove.
- Serve with any side dish.
Note:
- Day old rice is better than new cooked rice.
Posted by Vishala on May 19th, 2014
Serving: 4| Type: Tiffin Side dish
Ingredients:
| Coconut |
-1cup |
| Channa Dhal(Kadalai Paruppu) |
-2tbsp |
| Urad Dhal(ulutham Paruppu) |
-2tbsp |
| Red Chili |
-2 |
| Green Chili |
-2 |
| Curry Leaves |
-few |
| Ginger |
-1tsp |
| Salt |
-to taste |
Seasoning:
| Oil |
-1tsp |
| Mustard |
-1tsp |
| Urad Dhal |
-1tsp |
| Curry Leaves |
-few |
Method:
- Take a pan heat with oil add channa dhal, urad dhal 2 chilies sauté until brown.
- Then turn of the stove, now add coconut, curry leaves, ginger and salt.
- Grind with little water.
- Take a pan, heat with oil put the seasoning fry without burning and add it with chutney and mix it.
- Add 1tsp of sugar.
- Serve with any tiffin.
Posted by Vishala on May 16th, 2014
Serving: 4 | Type: Pasta
Ingredients:
| Any type pasta |
– 1 pound |
| Spinach (roughly chopped) |
– 3 cups |
| Mushroom (chopped) |
– 2 cups |
| Onion (chopped) |
– 1 cup |
| Garlic (chopped) |
– 2 cloves |
| Chili flakes |
– To taste |
| Salt |
– To taste |
| Milk |
– 2 cups |
| All-purpose flour(maida) |
– 2tbsp |
| Butter |
– 2tbsp |
Method:
- In a big pot, boil water with salt.
- After the water comes to a rapid boil, add the pasta.
- Then lower the heat to a medium.
- Allow the pasta to cook.
- Then drain the water.
- Meanwhile in another pan, heat some olive oil and then add garlic sauté for few seconds.
- Then add onion and mushroom.
- Sauté for 1 or 2 minutes with little salt.
- Next add the spinach and sauté until it is soft.
- Add chili flakes mix well.
- Take another pan heat with butter, then add All-purpose flour.
- Keep mixing the flour, until all the flour is incorporated in to the butter.
- Now add milk and stir vigorously until the flour and milk mix together and become thick and creamy.
- Then add this into the cooked vegetable.
- Mix well, then add cooked pasta.
- Stir well and then check the salt and spiciness.
- Serve hot.
Posted by Vishala on May 12th, 2014
Serving: 4 | Type: Tiffin Side dish/ Chutney
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Posted by Vishala on May 9th, 2014
Serving: 10 to 12 pieces | Type: Roti
Ingredients:
For Dough:
| Maida(All-purpose Flour) |
-3 cups |
| Baking Soda |
-¼tsp |
| Baking Powder |
-1tsp |
| Sugar |
-1tsp |
| Oil |
-1tbsp |
| Yogurt |
-4tbsp |
| Ajwan(oomam) |
-1tbsp |
| Salt |
-to taste |
Ingredients for Stuffing:
| Potato(boiled) |
-1 ½ cup |
| Red Onion(chopped) |
-½ cup |
| Green chili(minced) |
-2 |
| Ginger(minced) |
-1tbsp |
| Red chili Powder |
-¼tsp |
| Garam Masala |
-½tsp |
| Coriander Leaves |
-1tbsp |
| Salt |
-to taste |
Method:
- Mix everything for the dough then add little water make like stiff dough and keep it aside.
For Stuffing:
- Grate the boiled potatoes.
- Then mix everything given above for stuffing with grated potato and keep it aside.
- Now make a lemon size ball with the dough.
- Roll out 2 balls into 2 small circles.
- Lay one circle down first and then spread the stuffing on the top, leaving a few a centimeter free around the outer edge.
- Then place the second circle on top of the stuffing.
- Then press the top circle down in the center, then close it properly on the outer edge, without any air pockets
- Then roll out the whole thing into a bigger round.
- Then heat a tawa, then cook the kulcha evenly on both sides with some ghee or oil.
- Serve it hot with any side dish and raitha.
Posted by Vishala on May 5th, 2014
Serving:4 to 6 | Type: Veg Gravy
Ingredients:
| Bell pepper (diced) |
-2 |
| Onion(chopped) |
-1/2 cup |
| Garlic(chopped) |
-4 cloves |
| Oil |
-3tbsp |
| Tamarind extract |
-1tbsp |
| Salt |
-to taste |
Grinding:
| Peanut |
-3tbsp |
| Sesame seeds |
-2tbsp |
| Fenugreek |
-¼tsp |
| Cumin |
-½tsp |
| Coconut |
-2tbsp |
| Onion |
-½cup |
| Chili Powder |
-1 ½tsp |
| Dhaniya Powder |
-1tsp |
Method:
- Dry roast peanuts, sesame seeds and fenugreek until aroma come.
- Do not burn it.
- Then add 1tsp oil sauté the onion lightly.
- Now grind everything with little water.
- Take heavy bottom vessel heat with oil add garlic sauté for a second.
- Then add pepper and onion sauté for 3 to 5 minutes with salt.
- Then add ground masala and tamarind extract.
- Cook until it gets soft and raw smell goes.
- Garnish with coriander leaves.
- Serve with roti or white rice.
Note:
- If you want you can add more chili powder.
- According to taste you can add lemon juice for more tanginess at the end.
