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When I'm left with few each variety of vegitables, I end up in using them all to make a dish than to thrash them. I'm sure many does. Though varied recipes can be prepared with leftover veggies, here is one of the very tasty and nice flavoring recipes. Yes very popular 'Veg Pulao'
Serves 2
Preparation time: 10 mins; Cooking time: 15 mins
Difficulty Level: easy
Ingriedents:
Basmati rice -1 cup
Water - 1 ¾ cup
Oil - 2 tbsp
Ghee - 2 tsp
Salt to taste (1 ¾ tsp)
Ginger paster - ¼ tsp
Garlic paste - ½ tsp
Vegitables:
Green chili - 3 slight and cut
Onion - 1 medium chopped
Carrot - 2 small peeled & chopped
Capsicum - 1 medium chopped
Green Peas - ¼ cup fresh/frozen (soaked for 5 hrs if not fresh)
Potato - 1 medium chopped
French beans - 3 chopped
Cauliflower - 5 small florets finely cut
Masalas:
Cumin seeds - ½ tsp
Cardamom - 1
Cloves - 2 no’s
Cinnamon - 2” stick
Pepper corns - 6 no’s
Bay leaf - 2
Aniseed - 1 broken to pieces
Coriander powder - ¾ tsp
Method:
Heat 2 tbsp of oil in a pressure cooker. Add cumin seeds, cardmom, cloves, cinnamon stick, bay leaf, aniseed, pepper corns and saute for few seconds on a medium flame.
Now add ginger, garlic paste and all vegitables listed above and saute for 2 mins.
Add 2 tsp of ghee, coriander powder, salt and saute for 2 more mins.
Add water. Stir and taste. Adjust salt if required
Close cooker lid and let it cook on a medium-low flame. Turn off after 2 wistles (appx. 15-20 mins) Open lid after 8-10 mins.
Veg Pulao is ready to be served. Serve with raita.
Happy cooking; Enjoy eating!
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Serves 4
Preperation time: 10 mins; Cooking time: 25 mins
Ingridents:
Basmati Rice – 2 cups
Water – 4 cups
Mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Dry red chilli - 3
Garlic cloves - 4 (crushed)
Ginger – ½ inch (crushed)
Curry leaves - 1 strand
Onion - 1 medium
Cinnamon stick - 1 inch
Cloves - 2
Pepper corns - 6
Aniseed - 2
Fennel seeds - ½ tsp
Cardamom - 1
Bay leaf - 1
Tomato - 3
Soya - 12 pcs
Chilli powder - 3 tsps
Salt to taste
Ghee/Oil
Method:
Soak soya for 10 mins in boiling water and then strain. Dip them in cold water, sqeeze out water and keep soya aside.
In a thick bottom pan, heat 1 tbsp of ghee and then add mustard seeds.
As they splutter add cumin seeds, red chillies, crushed ginger garlic, curry leaves & onion. Saute till onion turns transparent.
Add cinnamon stick, cloves, pepper corns, Aniseed, fennel seed, cardamom, bay leaf and saute for few seconds
Add tomatos, chilli powder, salt and cook covered till tomatos turn little pulpy.
Add soya, rice and saute for few seconds
Finally add water and cover the pan. Let it cook on a medium flame for 18-20 mins. Check to see if there is little moisture left.
Now turn off flame and leave it for 8-10 mins covered before serving.
Happy Cooking; Enjoy eating!
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Who don’t love jeera rice? I don’t think any. Its flavor is so tempting and just can’t resist having. Hers is my recipe of jeera.
Serves 2:
Preparation Time: 30 mins (including cooking time)
Ingredients:
Basmati rice (long grained) - 11/2 cup
Water - 4 cups
Jeera/cumin seeds - 2 to3 tsps
Jeera powder - 11/2 teaspoon
Green chili - 2 finely cut to very small pcs
Salt to taste
Onion - 1 finely cut to very small.
Oil
Method:
In a vessel add 4 cups of water and bring to boil. Now add rice and 1 teaspoon on salt and cook uncovered on medium flame. Do not overcook. Check in 15-20 mins time if rice is cooked and then drain remaining water. Again keep the vessel back in low flame for 5-6 mins so as to let the remaining moisture evaporate.
Put off flame and neatly spread cooked rice on a large plate (helps separating each grain).
In parallel while rice is cooking, you can start seasoning process. Take a pan, add 3 tbsp of oil and when it’s warm, add jeera and as they sizzle add chopped onion and sauté till transparent. Add cut green chili and sauté for few seconds and finally add jeera powder and 2 teaspoon of salt and sauté till all ingredients blend with each others flavour.
Lastly add the prepared seasoning mixute to the spread rice and slowly mix ensuring rice grains not broken.
Jeera rice is ready. This can be served with spicy dal.
Happy cooking; Enjoy eating!
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