Saturday 9 September 2017

Vegetable Brinji Rice











Ingredients:

  • Ordinary rice - 2 cups
  • Mix vegetables - 4 cups
  • Onion - 2
  • Tomato - 2
  • Green chilli - 4 to 5
  • Red chilli powder - 1 tsp
  • Garam masala powder - 1/2 tsp
  • Biriyani masala - 1 tsp
  • Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
  • Mint leaves - little
  • Coriander leaves - little
  • Salt - as required


For Grinding:

  • Garlic flakes - 4
  • Ginger - small piece
  • Fennel seeds - 1 tsp


For seasoning:

  • Oil - 2 tbsp
  • Ghee - 2 tbsp
  • Staranise - 1
  • Cinnamon - 1 inch
  • Cloves - 2
  • Cardamom - 2
  • Brinji leaves - 2
  • Fennel seeds - 1 tsp


Method:

First wash & soak rice for 20 minutes. Grind the ginger, garlic & fennel seeds into a paste. Add very little water while grinding. Then take a pressure cooker, add ghee and oil. When it becomes hot, add staranise, cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, brinji leaves & fennel seeds. Then add thinly sliced onion, slit green chillies. Fry onion till it changes into transparent. Then add ground masala & stir well till the oil gets separated.

Then add chopped tomatoes, mint, coriander leaves, red chilli, garam masala, biriyani masala, turmeric & salt. Then add the vegetables & cook for 2 minutes in medium flame. Then add soaked rice. Add required water. Close the cooker & wait for 2 whistles to come. Then remove from the gas. After 5 minutes open the cooker. Serve with raitha & papad.

Saturday 2 September 2017

Easy Sheera Prasad





Ingredients :


  • Sooji [ rawa ] - 3/4 cup
  • Ghee - 1/2 cup
  • Wheat flour - 1/4 cup
  • Sugar - 3/4 cup
  • Water - 2 1/2 cup
  • Mix nuts - 2 tbsp
  • Cardamom powder  1 tsp


Method :

First  take  one  non- stick  kadai, add ghee to that when its melts add sooji and wheat flour to that and mix well. Keep stir till it change the clour. Then add sugar and water. Stir  continuesly  add  dry fruits and cardamom powder. Cook till ghee spreated. Serve  hot and enjoy.