Malvani Masala Rice

Ingredients :

• Basmathi rice - - 1 cup [ soaked in water for 20 minutes ]
• Mix chopped vegetables  - 1/2 cup
•  [ green peas, brinjal, french beans ]
• Sambhar small onion - 10 to 12
• Tomato - 1 [ chopped ]
• Salt - as required
• Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
• Red chilli powder - 11/2 tsp
• Malvani masala - 1 tsp
•  [ it's avilable in the shop ]
• Sugar - 1/2 tsp
• Oil - 2 tbsp
• Ghee - 1 tbsp

 For seasoning :

• Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
• Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp

Method :

First cook the rice in a cooker separately and allow to cool. Then take a big deep bottom kadai, add oil and ghee together. When its becomes hot add seasoning to that. Wait a second and add cut onions to that, fry for 2 minutes till it change in colour. Then add tomatoes and chopped vegetables and mix well. If required add little water to that. Then add all dry masalas one by one. mix well.  Close with a lid and cook in low flame. When it completely done remove from the gas. Wait for 5 minutes, and add the cooked rice to that and mix well. Your  malvani  masala  rice ready to serve. Serve with raitha and roasted papad.

Mangai Sambanthi [ kerala dish ]

Ingredients :

• Raw mango - 1 [ make sure not to be more sour ]
• Gren chillies - 2 to 3
• Ginger - small piece
• Fresh grated coconut - 1/2 cup
• Fresh coriander leaves - little
• Salt as required
• Coconut oil - 1 tbsp

Method :

Grind all ingredients together in a mixer to a smooth paste. Transfer to a bowl
and mix the coconut oil to that. Its goes well with idli, dosa and melaguttal.

Mathan Pachadi [ kerala dish ]

Ingredients:

• Raw red pumpkin - 1/2 kg [ cut into small pieces ]
• Tamarind - 1 tbsp [ paste ]
• Fresh grated coconut - 1/2 cup
• Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
• Green chillies - 2
• Jaggery - little
• Raw rice - 1/2 tsp
• Salt - as required
• Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
• Curry leaves - little

Grind together:

Grind coconut, green chilli,  pinch  mustard seeds raw rice together to a smooth paste.



For seasoning:

• Oil - 2 tsp
• Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
• Dry red chilli  - 1 [ broken ]

Method:

First take one vessel & add pumpkin to that along with water, salt, turmeric, tamarind and jaggery. Allow to boil for 10 minutes in low flame till pumpkin becomes soft. Then mix the ground masala to that & if required, add little water. When it starts boiling and becomes thick, remove from the gas. Then take small pan & add oil to that. When the oil become hot, add seasoning to that and pour  it to the pachadi. Serve with molakuttal. Garnish with curry leaves.

Vengaya moor Kuzambu [ onion kadi ]

Ingredients :

• Fresh butter milk - 4 cups [ thick ]
• Onion - 2 [ chopped ]
• Green chillies - 2
• Dry red chillies - 5
• Grated fresh coconut - 1/2 cup
• Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
• Methi seeds - 1/4 tsp
• Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
• Ginger - 1/2 inch piece
• Curry leaves - little
• Coconut oil - 2 tbsp

For seasoning :

• Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
• Methi seeds - 1/2 tsp
• Curry leaves - little
• Dry red chilli - 1 [ broken ]

Grind together :

Grind fresh coconut, ginger, green chilli, and cumin seeds together to form a smooth paste.


Method:

Mix the ground masala to the butter milk without forming lumps. Then take one kadai, add coconut oil to that. When it becomes hot, add the seasoning. When the mustard seeds pop, add chopped onion, curry leaves to that. When the onion changes in light colour, add the butter milk to that. Mix well. Keep the flame in lower level. When the kuzhambu comes up [ like milk ] switch off the gas and mix required salt and stir well. Serve with roasted potato curry.

Thandai

Ingredients :

• Full fat milk - 5 cups [ boiled and cooled ]
• Powdered sugar - 1/4 cup
• Ground black pepper [ kalimirch ] - a pinch
• Saffron - few

To grind into fine powder :

• Almonds - 1/4 cup
• Poppy seeds [ khus - khus ] - 2 tbsp
• Fennel seeds [ saunf ] - 2 tbsp
• Cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp
• Whole white peppercorns - 20

Method :

Mix the ground powder and milk in a deep bowl. Use a whisk and keep in fridge for 2 hours. Then strain the mixture through a strainer. Add powder sugar, pepper powder and saffron and mix well. Finely pour in a  big glass and serve chilled. Garnish with saffron.

Kesari [ An Easy Method ]

Ingredients :

• Rawa - 1 cup
• Ghee - 1/2 cup
• Sugar - 1 1/2 cup
• Water - 3 cup
• Cardamom powder - 1/4 tsp
• Cashews & kismis - 1 tbsp
• Kesar colour - pinch
• Cooker - for making

Method :

First take the cooker, heat the ghee. When it starts melting, add cashews and kismis along with rawa. Keep the gas in low flame. Mean time, pour the water to a vessel. Add colour, sugar and cardamom powder. Mix well. When it starts boiling, pour it to the rawa and switch off the gas. Close the cooker and put the weight. After 20 minutes, open the cooker. Your yummy kesari is ready to serve. No need of stir in the gas. Its so easy and you will love to make this. I learnt this from my sister.

Mumbai Tawa Pulao

Ingredients :

• Basmathi rice - 1 cup
• Onion - 2 [ chopped ]
• Green capsicum - 1 big [ chopped ]
• Salt - as required
• Green peas - 1/2 cup [ boiled ]
• Potato - 1 big [ boiled and mashed ]
• Butter - 2 tbsp
• Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
• Red tomatoes - 1 cup [ finely chopped ]
• Pav bhaji masala - 2 tsp
• Red chilli powde - 1 tsp
• Coriander leaves - little [ finely chopped ]
• Lemon - 1 [ sliced for garnishing ]

Method :

First boiled the rice and make it cool. Then take  one iron  tawa add lots of  butter, when the butter melts add chopped onions to that, then ginger garlic paste,  lots of chopped tomatoes capsicum , green chilli,   mashed potato and coriander leaves. Mix well, add salt, red chilli powder, and pav bhaji masala and boiled green peas. When the subji gets ready, add boiled rice and mix well, Mix the rice with two spoon. Your tasty mumbai tawa pulav ready. Serve with raitha and papad.