Vegetable Pulao

Vegetable Pulao

Vegetable Pulao is a simple recipe with mild spices. This can be served for lunch / dinner...with raita / papad.

Ingredients:

Vegetables - 1 cup ( carrot, beans, capsicum)

Basmati rice - 1.5 cups

Bay leaves - 2 nos

Star anise - 1 or 2

Coves - 3-4 nos

Cinnamon - 1 inch 

Green cardamom - 2 nos

Jeera / Cumin seeds  - 1.5 tsp

Ghee / Oil - 1 tablespoon

Salt - 1.5 tsp ( to taste)

Method:

# Wash basmati rice and soak it in water for 15-20 minutes.

# In a pressure cooker add oil / ghee....once heated well add bay leaves, star anise, cinnamon, clove, cardamom, jeera.

# Add vegetables and saute well.

# Add soaked basmati rice, salt to taste and 3 cups of water.

# After 2 whistles switch off the stove.

Once pressure is released...open your pressure cooker and don't stir when it is hot....ive

a resting time for 10 minutes then give a stir and serve with raita / papad.

* Ratio 1: 2  or 1:2.5 ( basmati rice : water)

Please do try and provide your comments.

Thank you!

Coconut Burfi / Thengai Burfi

Coconut Burfi / Thengai Burfi

Coconut Burfi is s simple and easy sweet prepared with freshly grated coconut, sugar and cardamom powder.....Traditional South Indian Special for Deepawali. 

Ingredients:

Grated coconut - 1 cup

Sugar - 1 + 1/2 cups

Cardamom powder - 1 tsp

Ghee - 1 tsp

* You can add less sugar according to your taste...but I follow the above proportion.

Method:

# In a heavy bottom pan / kadai... add sugar and 1/2 cup water...boil well.

# For this burfi you need 1 string consistency. Check the consistency with your thumb and index finger's as shown in the picture.

# Simmer your stove add grated coconut and go on stirring. 

# Add 1 tsp of ghee while stirring. You can stir on a medium flame. Add 1 tsp of ghee.

# In 10 minutes you can see froth on the sides of the pan and it will leave the kadai or pan. It will become very thick. ( You can see pores in the coconut mixture)

# Grease a tray with oil or ghee... and pour your mixture... Leave it for 10-15 minutes. Cut the burfi in desired shape.

Allow it to cool down completely then store in an airtight container.

Please do try and provide your comments.

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Paruppu Podi

Paruppu Podi

Paruppu Podi is a South Indian special recipe served with steamed rice and a good drizzle of sesame oil / ghee. This is consumed with meals just before sambar rice or rasam rice. To make paruppu podi healthier I have added horse gram dal / kollu. I'M sharing my mother-in-law's version of preparing paruppu podi.

Ingredients:
Horse gram dal / Kollu - 1 cup
Toor dal - 2 cups
Red chillies - 6 nos
Pepper - 1.5 tsp
Hing / Asafatedia - 1 tsp
Salt - 1.5 tsp (according to your taste)

Method:
# Heat a pan add horse gram dal....dry roast on a medium flame. It should splutter well and nice aroma should come.

# Dry roast the toor dal on a medium flame. Once it is half roasted add red chillies, pepper, asafatedia and salt. Once it is roasted you will gets nice aroma and dal will change its colour.

# Allow it to cool completely.

# Make a fine powder in mixie / food processor.

Store it in an airtight container. Do try and provide your comments.
Thank you!