Rice Dishes - Lemon Rice

Rice Dishes - Lemon Rice

Ingredients:

Basmati rice 2 cups
Lemon juice 5 tbsp.
Mustard Seeds 2 tsp.
Urad Daal 2 tsp.
Chana Daal 2 tsp.
Dried Red chillies 2-3
Turmeric Powder 1/2 tsp.
A pinch of asafoetida
Roasted Peanuts 1/2 cup
Curry leaves 10-12
Grated coconut 1 tbsp.
Salt to taste
Vegetable oil 2 tbsp.

Method:

1. Wash rice well before cooking.Then take rice with 3-3/4 cup water and add a little salt to it. Cook it in pressure cooker (wait for 1-2 whistles and then switch off the gas). You can also cook it in a pan or do microwave cooking just the same way as you cook ordinary rice.Once the rice is cooked, keep it aside.
2. Heat oil in a deep frying pan or a kadai.
3. Add asafoetida, dried red chillies cut into two, urad dal and chana dal.
4. Cook until dals change colour to light brown.
5. Add peanuts and mustard seeds. When the mustard seeds start to crackle, then add curry leaves. Fry for 10 seconds more.
6. Next add turmeric powder and stir well.
7. Add cooked rice, salt and lemon juice. Mix well very gently so that the rice grains does not break.

Garnish with grated coconut and serve hot.

Rice Dishes - Jeera Rice

Rice Dishes - Jeera Rice

Ingredients:

Basmati rice 2 cups
Thinly sliced onion 1 small size
Cumin seeds 1 tsp.
Cumin powder 2 tsp.
Vegetable oil 2 tbsp.
Salt to taste

Method:

1. Wash rice well before cooking. Add 3-3/4 cup water and keep aside.
2. Heat oil in a pan and add cumin seeds.
3. When the cumin seeds start spluttering, add onion and fry until the onions turn transparent in color.
4. Then add cumin powder.
5. Add rice and salt & mix well.
6. Cook it in pressure cooker (wait for 1-2 whistles and then switch off the gas). You can also cook it in a pan or do microwave cooking

Serve hot.

Rice Dishes - Hara Pulao

Rice Dishes - Hara Pulao

Ingredients:

Basmati rice 1 cup
Cauliflower (cut into small pieces) 250 grams
Green peas 150 grams
Thinly sliced potatoes 200 grams
Cinnamon 2 sticks
Cloves 4-5
Black pepper 7-8
Bay leaves 2-3
Green cardamom 2
Thinly sliced onions 2
Thinly sliced green chilli 2
Vegetable oil 4 tbsp.
Paste of {
green Coriander leaves,
green chillies,
ginger}

1 bunch (about 100 grams)
4
an inch
Salt to taste
Garam Masala Powder

Method:

1. Heat 1 tbsp. oil in a pan. Fry bay leaves, cloves, cinnamon, black pepper for 1/2 minute on medium heat.
2. Add thinly sliced onions, green chillies and fry till pink. Keep this aside.
3. Take rest of the oil and fry all the vegetables for 4-5 minutes. This adds taste to pulao.
4. Add paste of coriander leaves, green chilli and ginger to it.
5. Add the fried onions, garam masala and salt. Stir and then fry it for 5 minutes.
6. Add washed rice and water (slightly more than 2 cups). Cook on medium heat. Stir rice once while its getting cooked.

Green spicy pulao is ready to serve. Decorate with chopped green coriander leaves.

Rice Dishes - Carrot Rice

Rice Dishes - Carrot Rice

Ingredients:

Basmati Rice Cooked 2 cup
Grated carrot 1 cup
Thinly sliced onions 1 medium size
Thinly sliced green chilli 2
Mustard seeds 1 tsp.
Cumin seeds 1 tsp.
Bay leaf 1-2
Curry leaves 8-10
Red chilli powder 1 tsp.
Turmeric powder 1/2 tsp.
Garam Masala Powder 1/2 tsp
Chopped Coriander leaves 2 tbsp
Salt to taste
Vegetable oil 2 tbsp.

Method:

1. Heat oil in a deep frying pan or kadhai.
2. Add mustard seeds. When the mustard seeds start crackling add cumin seeds and bay leaf. Add thinly sliced onions, green chillies and fry till pink. Keep this aside.
3. Add thinly sliced onions, green chillies and fry till pink.
4. Add grated carrot and curry leaves. Saute for a while and then add salt, chili powder, turmeric powder and garam masala.
5. Add cooked rice and gently mix well. Cover the pan and cook on a low flame for about 3-4 minutes.

Carrot Rice is ready to serve. Decorate with chopped green coriander leaves.