cabbage rice

Ingredients

rice - 1 cup

cabbage grated- 1/2 cup

green chillies-2

onion -long thin sliced - 1 big

coriander leaves - 1/2 bunch

ginger - 2"piece

coconut grated - 1 spoon

garlic - 2 pods

clove - 2

Cinnamon - 1" long

jeera - 1 tsp

salt to taste.

Grind the ginger,coconut,garlic,green chillies,coriander leaves to a fine paste.

in a cooker add 2 tsp oil, add the jeera,Cinnamon,clove and fry for 1 mt. then add onion andfryt ill golden brown.then add the cabbage and mix well.now add the green paste and stir.

add cleaned and washed rice and saute for another 1 mt.then add salt and add 11/2 cups of water and close the lid and cook for 3-5 whistles ur yummy cabbage rice is ready.

sambhar rice

Ingredients:

rice - 1 cup

thuvar dhal - 1/2 cup

sambhar powder- 1 tsp

mixed veggie (carrot beans,potato,capcicum,peas,drumstick,etc)- 2 cups

onion - 1 tomato - 1

a ground powder of ( dhaniya- 2 tsp

chenna dhal- 2 tsp,urudh dhal - 1 tsp and 4 red chillies) - fry and ground to a fine paste with 1 onion and 1 tomato and 1 spoon coconut.

for seasoning:

mustard seers- /2 tsp

methi seeds- 1/2 tsp

curry leaves and coriander leaves- 1 spoon

hing -1/4 tsp

salt -to taste

now in a cooker add oil add all the seasoning items ,add onion, tomato then add sambhar poweder the paste then add washed rice,dhal , mixed veggies and add enough water (u can add water in the ratio of 1 :5) pressure cook for 2 whistle and ur sambhar rice is ready!!!

fried rice

Ingredients:

basmathi rice - 2 cups

finely sliced mixed veggies like carrot,beans,cabbage,- 1 cup

finely sliced capsicum and onion - 1/2 cup

white pepper powder - 1 tsp

ginger and garlic sliced - 1/2 tsp

spring onion for decoration

Cook the rice in open pot till done and strain off the excess water

in a pad add very little oil ,add sliced ginger,garlic onion,capsicum and cook till done

in the mean time cook the carrot,beans,cabbage (just half cook

add the veggies to pan and mix well

add salt and pepper powder and mix well simmer the stove and add the cooked basmathi rice to pan in small quantities and mix well.(use a wooden spatula as it will not break the long grains)

and ur fried rice is ready...

have it with gobi manchrian or just tomato sauce!!

Thair sadam (a) curd rice

Ingredients:

cooked rice - 1 cup

curd - 1 cup

grated ginger 1/2 tsp

coriander leaves - 1/2 tsp

curry leaves crushed - 1/2 tsp

cashew nuts - 4 (split) (optional)

raisins - 4 -5 (optional)

salt to taste

a pinch of hing

for tadka

1/2 tsp oil

1/2 tsp mustard seeds.

optional Ingredients

cucumber, mango, grapes ,anar ( u can use either 1 of these cut into small pieces and add it to the curd rice)

mix the rice with curd and mash it nicely. add grated ginger,cut green chillies,coriander leaves ,curry leaves,salt and hing, mix well, season it with mustard seeds. u can add cashew nuts ,raisins and any other optional ingredient as mentioned above. it does taste good without these too!!!!!!

Instant pepper puliyodharai

Ingredients:

cooked rice - 1 cup

grind together :

 lemon sized tamarind soaked in 1/2 cup of water  for 10mts

pepper corns - 1/2 tsp

thuvar dhal - 1/2 tsp

red chillies - 4 or 5 

for seasoning

ground nuts - 1 tbsp

mustard seeds - 1 tsp

chenna dhal and urudh dhal - 1 tsp each

curry leaves

salt and hing.

gingely oil - 1 tablespoon

 

 spread the cooked rice in a plate and bring it to room temperature

make the paste of tamarind  with other ingredients mentioned under " grind together".

in a kadai 

add gingely oil  .season it with mustard seeds,urudh dhal,chenna dhal, let it turn golden brown add hing ,currly leaves add the ground paste and cook till oil leaves the side add salt . now mix this paste with the cooked and cooled rice . ur instant mulagu puliyodharai is ready..serve it with some papad .

peas pulav

Ingredients:

 fresh peas - 1/2 cup

basmathi rice - 1 cup

water - 1 1/2 cups

elachi - 2 

bay leaf - 1 

clove - 2 

Cinnamon - 1 inch bar

green chillies - 1 or 2 slit into 2 

 onion finely sliced - 1 big

 ginger - 1 inch finely grated

garlic 2 or 3 pods - finely chopped.

oil +ghee- 1 tsp 

soak the rice  for a mt in water and drain and keep aside for 10-15mts 

In a cooker add the oil and ghee mixture ,add Cinnamon,elachi,clove and bay leaf,then add grated ginger and garlic then add green chillies, saute for a mint .then add onion and saute it for another 1 or 2 mts,then add green peas ,add the rice and saute for a mt or 2. then add salt and water ,close the lid and pressure cook for 3-4 whistle and ur instant peas pulav is ready, u can add grated cheddar cheese on top 

akara vadisal- sweet rice with jaggery

Ingredients:

1 cup rice

1/2 cup moong dhal

5 cups milk 

1 cup  ghee

jaggery grated - 2 cups 

a pinch of nutmeg and elachi powder

 fried cashew nuts and raisins - 1/4 cup.

pressure cook rice and moong dhal with milk ?(dont add water,use milk  only..) u can add even 1 cup more milk  , let it go for 3 whistle and simmer it for 10mts , once the pressure releases,  open the cooker and mash it nicely,in the meantime  add lil water and add jaggrey and bring to boil?(strain and remove any dust particles) now let it boil for few mts and add this jaggery water to rice +moong dhal and mix well  keep it on stove on simemr and let it boil for few mts then add ghee and mix well ,u can add more ghee also to make it even more rich  ,let it cook in simmer for another 5 -10mts add elachi and nutmeg powder and fried cashew and raisins. 

its just yummylisious!!!!!!!

easy schezwan rice

Ingredients:

 long grain rice     -1 cup 

carrot ,beans,cabbage,capsicum(diced) - 1 cup

green peas(cooked) -1 /4 cup

onion - 1 diced

tomato- 1 diced 

panner cubed - 1/2 cup

 oil or butter - 1 tsp

soy sauce - 1/2 tsp

vinegar - 1/2 tsp 

grind to paste:

red chillies- 4

green chillies- 2

garlic pods- 5

ginger - 1 inch 

clean and soak the basmathi rice in water for 3 mts.drain the water and keep the rice aside.

in a kadai add oil or butter ,let it melt then add onion,fry till  pinkish,then add tomato and cook for another few mts.then add all the veggies and mix well,add panner cubes ..  in the mean time  grind  a fine paste of ingredients under the column:grind to a paste" and mix with soy sauce and vineger ,mix this with the veggies add  11/2 part of water and let it boil,mix the rice and add enough  salt

now transfer it the contents in to a rice cooker or a normal pressure cooker and cook for 5 whistles and switch off .. ur garam garam hot schezwan rice is ready....

serve hot ...