Red rice flakes [ poha ] uppuma

Ingredients :

• Red rice flakes [ aval ] - 2 cups [ heaped ]
• Onions big - 2 [ chopped ]
• Green chillies - 3 to 4 [ cut in to lenth wise ]
• Turmeric powder - 1/ 2 tsp
• Salt - as required
• Fresh grated coconut - 2 tbl. sps.
• Curry leaves - little 
• Chopped coriander leaves - little

For seasoning :
Mustardseeds, black gram dhal, bengal gram dhal, and curry leaves.

Method :

If thick rice flakes are used, soak it in just enough water for 1 hours. If thin flakes are used, wash well, squeeze and do immediately. Chop onions into small pieces and chillies lengthwise. Heat oil in a deep kadai, add seasonings, green chillies and then onion. Saute till onions change its colour. Add soaked rice flakes [ which is separated well with hands] with salt, and turmeric powder.  Stir constantly in high flame till raw smell goes. Add grated coconut and mix well . garnish with chopped coriander leaves and serve hot.
Your  yummy  red rice flakes uppuma is ready.

Hara bhara subz pulao

Ingredients :

• Soaked basmathi rice - 1 1 / 4 cup
• Cauliflower florets - 1 cup
• Fresh green peas - 1 / 4 cup
• Potato slices- 1 / 2 cup
• Onions - 1 / 2 cup [ chopped ]
• Salt - as required
• Fresh coriander leaves - little [ for garnish 
• Green paste - 4 to 5 tbls. sps.

For making green paste :

• Fresh grated coconut - 1 tbsp
• Mint leaves - 1 / 4 cup
• Coriander leaves - 1 / 2 cup
• Rice flakes [ poha ] - 1 tbsp [ soaked ]
• Green chillies - 2 to 3 [ roughly chopped ]
• Cumin seeds - 1 / 2 tsp
• Salt - to taste

 [ Mix all the ingredients and blend to a smooth paste in a mixer using little water. Store in a fridge till use. You can also make large batch of this paste and freeze it upto 3 months. ]

Method :

Put  3 cups of water to boil, clean  wash  and soak the rice for about 10 minutes. Drain the water and keep aside. Mix all the remaining ingredients including the  hot  water in a pressure cooker and presure cook for 2 whistles. Then allow the steam to escape before opening the lid. Separate each grain of rice lightly with a fork.Then garnish with fresh chopped coriander leaves. Serve hot with carrot, onion, tomato raitha.

Note :

Rice is a storehouse of various nutrients like carbohydrates, protein,iron etc. And when combined with veggies it makes a wholesome meal.

Green paratha

Ingredien

• Fresh green peas - 1 hand ful
• Palak leaves - 4 to 5
• Fresh coriander leaves - 1 / 4 bunch
• Green chillies - 4 to 6
• Onion - 1 chopped
• Garlic flakes - 2 chopped
• Ginger piece - 1 / 2 inch piece chopped
• Garam masala powder - 1 / 2 tsp
• Salt - as required
• Tomato - 1 chopped

 [ grind all these ingredients in mixie to a smooth paste. ]

For dough - :

• Wheat flour - 1 1 / 2 cup
• Maida - 1 / 4 cup
• Salt - little
• Melted butter or oil - 1 tbl. sp
• Sugar - 1 / 2 tsp
• Cumin seeds - 1/ 2 tsp
• Fresh ghee or oil - as required for roasting

Mix the flours together in a mixing bowl. Add sugar, salt  butter, and  the ground masala.  Mix well with the flour till butter blends. Slowly add water and kneed to a smooth dough, pat and kneed well for several times.
Make balls and roll out into medium parathas. Roast on a hot tawa first one side.Turn over and apply ghee or oil on top. When its puffs press with landle and roast till light brown on both sides.Serve with thick curd and chunda [ sweet mango pickle refer in my pickle items.]

Vegetable oats [ healthy break fast for all age group ]

Ingredients :

• Grated vegetables - 1 / 2 cup [ carrot, cabbage or cauli flower. ]
• Onion - 1 [ grated ]
• Green chilli - 1 [ chopped ]
• Ginger - small piece [ chopped ]
• Black pepper powder - 1 / 2 sp
• Roasted jeera powder - 1 / 2 sp
• Boiled and mashed moong dahl - 1 / 4 cup
• coconut milk - 1 cup
• Oats - 1 bowl
• Salt - as required
• Sugar - 1 / 2 sp
• Oil - 2 tbls. sps.
• Chopped coriander leaves - little
• Cumin seeds - 1 / 2 tsp

Method :

First keep one deep bottom vessel on the gas. Heat oil, add cumin seeds. When it pops add onion along with green chilli, and  ginger. Fry for 2 second till it change in colour. Then add chopped vegetables and fry  till it become soft, then add mashed dahl along with required water. Add salt, pepper powder, jeera powder, and sugar. Mix well, then add oats. Stir well . [ the oats get well cooked and kanji become thick ] Before remove from the gas add coconut milk. When one boil comes remove from the gas. Garnish with coriander leaves. Serve hot. Healthy and tasty oats  is ready.