Serves 4
Ingredients
Basmati Rice 1 cup washed & soaked
Oil 5 tbsp
Ginger paste 1 tsp
Garlic paste 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder 1/4 tsp
Red Chilli powder 1/2 tsp
Salt to taste
Potato 1 cut into 1/2″ pieces
Cauliflower small 1/2 of it cut into florets
Carrots 2 cut into 1/2″ pieces
Green peas 1 cup
Tomato 1 cut into 8 pieces
Green chillies 1-3 cut into thin [...]
This is variation the previous post
Ingredients
“Varali” turmeric - 7-8
Red chillies - 2 cups
Coriander seeds - 1 cup
Peanuts - 1 cup
Chenna Dal - ¾ cup
Urad dal - ½ cup
Dry tamarind - ½ cup
Fenugreek seeds - 1 cup
Dry curry leaves - a little
Sesame seeds - 2 tbsp
Dry coconut grating - 1 cup
Get Grinding!
1. Sun dry the peanuts [...]
Called Neer Kozhukatai in tamil.
IngredientsBoiled rice 1 cupCoconut ¼ gratedOil a few drops
Get Cooking!1. Soak the boiled rice.2. Drain the rice, grind to a coarse consistency with the grated coconut with as little water as possible.3. In a few drops of oil, heat up the batter stirring it so that lumps are not [...]
Similar to making lemon rice. Instead of squeezing lime/lemon juice we use raw mango in the preparation.IngredientsRaw Mango peeled &grated use depending on the tartness of the mango (less if it is more tart and vice versa)RiceMustard seedsChenna dalUrad DalGreen ChilliesRed ChilliesGinger chopped/ grated (I prefer grating)Peanuts and/or Cashew nutsCurry leavesTurmeric powderAsafoetidaSaltOilGet Cooking!1. Cook the [...]
Nourishing rice with chick peas. Easy to make and not so tough as it looks Serves 6 - 8 IngredientsBasmati rice ¾ cup uncookedCardamom 2Cloves 2Cinnamon 1Bay leaf 1Milk ¾ cupSalt Chick peas ½ cupGinger paste 1 tspGarlic paste 1 tspChilli powder 1 tspTurmeric powder ½ tspFresh yogurt ½ cupTomatoes ½ cup choppedPotatoes [...]
Ingredients
Poppy seeds 2tsps
Coconut grated
Bisibelabath powder1
or powder 2
Tamarind
Turmeric powder
Vegetables -any of them cut 2″ long
Salt
Cashew nuts / peanuts
Chenna dal
Mustard seeds
Curry leaves
Rice -tuvar dal in the ratio 1:1
Get Cooking!
1. Dry roast the poppy seeds and coconut and then grind them to a powder.
2. Boil the vegetables in some tamarind water with salt and a little [...]
Made as an offering on “karadaiyam nombu”
Ingredients
Rice Flour (made as in step 1) 2 cups
Water 4 cups
Coconut ½ of half coconut split to small thin pieces
Ginger finely chopped
Green chillies 6-8 finely chopped
Cowpeas ¼ cup
Asafoetida
Curry leaves
Mustard seeds 1 tsp
Urad dal 2 tsp (optional)
Salt 1 ½ tsp
Oil
Get Cooking!
1. Soak, wash, drain the rice, and grind to a [...]
This is one of the many ways you could prepare vegetable rice.IngredientsVegetables like carrots, beans, potatoes - peeled, cut into 2″ long piecesPeasOnionsTomatoesSaltRiceCardamomClovesCinnamonPoppy seedsGreen chilliesGinger-garlic paste.OilGet Cooking!1. Soak the poppy seeds in warm water for a while.2. Grind the poppy seeds with green chillies, cardamom, cloves, cinnamon and set the masala aside.3.Wash the rice and [...]
Also called upma-adai or upmadry. South indian cutlets
Ingredients
Rice 1 cupTuvar dal 1 tbspChenna dal 1 tbspUrad dal ½ tbspJeera about 1 tspSalt to tasteRed chilliesGreen chilliesGingerMustard seedsAsafoetidaOil
Get Cooking!
1. Soak the tuvar dal, chenna dal and urad dal for a while. Grind to a coarse paste with the jeera and keep aside.2. Grind the [...]
It is also called ambut rice in Saurashtra. It is tamarind rice. IngredientsA big ball of tamarind Salt - 1 ½ tbspFenugreek seeds - 1 tspRed chillies -10-12Turmeric Powder- ½ tspAsafoetida Mustard seeds - 2 tspsOil (preferably gingelly oil) - 1/5 cupsPeanuts/ Chenna dal - ¼ cupCooked Rice - 2 cupsGet Cooking!1. [...]
