Lemon Rice

  Lemon  Rice:

         

Ingredients :

·        Cooked Rice – 1 cup

·        Salt as needed

·        Lemon – 1

·        Turmeric powder – ¼ spn

For seasoning:

·        Oil – 2 spn

·        Mustard seeds – ½ spn

·        Peanut – 2 spn

·        urad dal – 1 spn

·        Green chilli – 3 chopped

·        Red chilli - 2

·        Curry leaves – few

·        Asafetida – a pinch

Preparation :

·        Pressure cook the rice with little salt and spread it on a plate to cool.

·        Squeeze the lemon and discard the seeds.

·        First , For seasoning ,heat oil in a pan, add the mustard seeds when it splutters, add urad dal , peanut, red chilli and sauté till they turn golden brown.

·        Then add curry leaves,green chilli,turmeric powder and sauté for few secs.

·        Atlast add lemon juice , give quick stir and switch off the flame.

·        Then mix  the lemon mixture to the  cooked  cool rice. Toss well everything.Done !

·        Before serve, give  ½ hour as a setting time.

                             

                                          

Lemon   rice is ready.. . J

  

     

Carrot Rice

       Carrot Rice:

         

Ingredients :

·        Cooked Rice – 1 cup

·        Grated carrot – ¾ cup

·        Onion – 1 big finely chopped

·        Salt as needed

To make masala powder:

·        Raw peanuts – 1 spn

·        Dry red chilli – 4

·        Coriander seeds – 1 ½ spn

      grated coconut  - 2 spn

For seasoning:

·        Oil – 2 spn

·        Mustard seeds – ½ spn

·        Peanut – 2 spn

·        urad dal – 1 spn

·        Green chilli - 3 (optional) i used

·        Curry leaves - few

Preparation :

·        Pressure cook the rice with little salt and spread it on a plate to cool.

·        First ,heat the pan and add the channa dal , red chilli , coriander powder and  peanuts. Roast it for a few mins. Then roast the coconut also.Then transfer it to the mixie and grind it to a coarse powder. Now the masala powder is ready.

·        Second , For seasoning ,heat oil in a pan, add the mustard seeds when it splutters, add urad dal , peanut and sauté till they turn golden brown.

·        Then add curry leaves ,sauté for few secs.

·        Next add chopped onions and sauté till they turn pink.

·        Then add grated coconut and sauté for few mins..

·        Then mix well the cooked  cool rice, seasoning and masala powder. Toss well everything.Done !

·        If it dry  add few dropes of gingelly oil or sesame oil.

                                     

    

Healthy Carrot  rice is ready.. . J

  

Peanut Rice / Verkadalai Satham

     Peanut Rice / Verkadalai Satham:

         

Ingredients :

·        Cooked Rice – 1 cup

·        Salt as needed

To make peanut podi :

·        Raw peanuts – ½ cup

·        Dry red chilli – 4
      coriander seeds - 1  to 2 spn

·        Channa dal / kadalai paruppu – 3

·        Curry leaves - few

For seasoning:

·        Oil – 2 spn

·        Mustard seeds – ½ spn

·        Peanut – 2 spn

·        urad dal – 1 spn

·        Grated coconut – 3 spn

·        Curry leaves - few

Preparation :

·        Pressure cook the rice with little salt and spread it on a plate to cool.

·        First ,heat the pan and add the channa dal ,coriander seeds, red chilli and curry leaves. Roast it for a few mins. The transfer it to the mixie and grind it to a coarse powder.

·        In the same pan, dry roast the peanuts for 5 to 7 mins till raw smell goes off and pulse it in a mixie for few secs. Now the peanut podi is ready.

·        Second , For seasoning ,heat oil in a pan, add the mustard seeds when it splutters, add urad dal , peanut and sauté till they turn golden brown.

·        Then add grated coconut and curry leaves ,sauté for few secs.

·        Then mix well the cooked  cool rice, seasoning and peanut podi. Toss well everything.Done !

·        If it spicy add few dropes of gingelly oil or sesame oil.

                                          

Delicious Peanut rice is ready.. . J

  

Veg Fried Rice

      Veg Fried rice:

          kids love this very much.. Try it and enjoy J

Ingredients :

·        Cooked Rice – ½   cup

·        Onion – 1 big finely chopped

·        Carrot ,beans ,potato  – 1 ½ cup (cut into small pieces)

·        Cabbage – ½ cup finely chopped

·        Capsicum – ½ cup chopped (optional)

·        Pepper powder – 1 spn

·        Turmeric powder – ¼ spn

·        Tomato sauce – 2 spn

·        Chilli sauce – 1 spn

·        Sugar – ½ spn for taste

·        Salt as needed

·        Coriander leaves for garnishing

·        Ghee – 2 spn

Preparation :

·        Pressure cook the rice with little salt and spread it on a plate to cool.

Method :

·        Heat  ghee in a pan, then  add chopped onion,green chilli and sauté well .

·        Then add all the veggies one by one and cook it with little salt.

·        Cover and cook till the veggies becomes soften.

·        Next add the pepper powder ,turmeric powder , tomato sauce, chili sauce.

·        Check the salt.

·        Stir continuously without getting burnt at the bottom. Cook it for 5 mins..

·        Transfer cool rice to the pan and mix well.  Garnish with coriander leaves Done !

                                 

Delicious Vegetable fried Rice is ready.. serve hot with any sauce of your choice .. J

Coconut Rice

      Milky  Coconut  Rice:

          It is a delicious rice.. Try it and enjoy J

Ingredients :

·        Cooked Rice – 1  cup

·        Fresh grated coconut – 1 ½ cup

·        Sugar – ½ spn

·        Salt as needed

·        Coriander leaves for garnish

For seasoning :

·        Ghee / oil  – 2 spn

·        Mustard seeds – 1 spn

·        Channa dal – 1 spn

·        Urad dal – 1 spn

·        Curry leaves - few

Preparation :

·        Pressure cook the rice with little salt and spread it on a plate to cool.

Method :

·        Heat  ghee in a pan, then add mustard seeds when it splutters add channa dal , urad dal and chili and  sauté well till they turn golden brown.keep it aside.

·        Then add curry leaves and sauté till turn crispy.

·        Dry roast the coconut till they turn slight brown.

·     Transfer  all the above to the cool rice  and mix well. . Add little salt and sugar. check the salt.

·         Done ! garnish with coriander leaves.

                                          

Delicious coconut  Rice is ready.. serve and enjoy with potato fry .. J

Tomato Rice (Method II)

      Tomato   Rice: (Method II)

          It is also a  delicious rice.. Try it and enjoy J

Ingredients :

·        Cooked Rice – 1  cup

·        Onion – 2 big chopped lengthwise

·        Turmeric powder – ¼ spn

·        Sambar powder – 1 spn or (red chilli powder – 1 spn)

·        Salt as needed

·        Coriander leaves for garnish

To grind :

·        Garlic – 7 sliced

·        Ginger – 1 inch

·        Ripe juicy Tomatoes – 3 finely chopped(light fry in oil and grind all these)

For seasoning :

·        Ghee / oil  – 2 spn

·        Cinnamon – 2 bits

·        Star anise - 1

·        Curry leaves - few

Preparation :

·        Pressure cook the rice with little salt and spread it on a plate to cool.

·        Heat oil in a pan, light fry the tomatoes and grind in a blender along with garlic and ginger to a fine paste.

Method :

·        Heat  ghee in a pan, then add mustard seeds when it splutters add cinnamon and star anise and sauté well.

·        Then add curry leaves and sauté till turn crispy.

·        Then add chopped onion  and sauté well till they turns light brown.

·        Then add grinded tomato ginger-garlic paste and sauté well till raw smell goes off.

·        Next add spicy powders, turmeric powder and salt.

·        Stir continuously without getting burnt at the bottom.

·        Stir continuously until get the thick consistency.

·        Transfer cool rice to the pan and mix well. Done !

Garnish with coriander leaves.
                      

Delicious Tomato  Rice is ready.. serve hot .. J