Pudina Sweet Corn Rice

Ingredients:

1. Pudina-1cup
2. Fresh coriander leaves- ½ cup
3. Green chilli-2
4. Salt - ½ sp
5. Blend the above ingredients into paste.
6. Rice-2cups(washed and soaked for at least ½ an hr.)
7. Onion-1 (sliced)
8. Green chilli-2(sliced)
9. Sweet corn- ½ cup
10. Green peas- ¼ cup
11. Potatoes-2 (cut in to cubes as shown)
12. Pudina leaves-10 to 12
13. Garam masala-as shown
14. Gingergarlic paste-1sp
15. Lemon juice-3sps
16. Turmeric powder- ½ sp
17. Cooking oil- 3tbsps
18. Ghee-3tbsps

 

Method:

1. In a pan, heat oil and ghee. Add garam masala, sliced onions, green chilli. Fry them for 5 mins.
2. Add ginger garlic paste. Fry for 3 mins. Add  sweet corn, green peas, potato pieces and turmeric powder. Fry for another 5 mins.
3. Now pour the pudina paste into the pan. Fry till the oil separates. Turn off the stove now.
4. In a rice cooker (or pressure cooker) mix rice and the above prepared mixture.
5. The water level should be as shown in the picture or as per ur measurement.
6. Cook till the rice is prepared and ready to eat.

Mix Vegetable Curry

Ingredients:

1. Onions-2
2. Karipatha leaves-10
3. Turmeric powder- ½ sp
4. White radish-1
5. Potatoes-3
6. Tomatoes-2
7. Green peas-1cup
8. Fresh coconut at about 3inches
9. Kuskus -1sp
10. Thill-1sp
11. Badam-5 to 6
12. Cooking oil-2tbsps
13. Fresh Coriander
14. Ginger & garlic paste -1 sp
15. Red chilli powder-2sps
16. Salt  as per ur taste
17. Garammasala- ½ sp
18. Water-3glasses or more
19. Coriander powder-2sps
20. If u wish u can add more veggies like –cauliflower, French beans, capsicum , carrot  & also soya.

Method:

1. For gravy :  In a mixer blend kuskus,  thill & badam to powder first,  then add coconut pieces add little water and make a fine paste.
2. Peel off radish, cut in to pieces (take  ½ sp of oil in a pan roast them a bit as shown in the picture.)
3. Peel potatoes & cut them into big cubes. Cut onion as shown.
4. Take pressure cooker, pour oil, add onions pieces, karipatha leaves & turmeric powder. Fry till the onions are cooked.  Add ginger garlic paste, fry for a 1min and add potato , radish ,green peas fry for 2 mins.  Add coconut paste. Now let it fry till the oil is separated. Make sure that u keep on mixing the ingredients.
5. Add red chilli powder  & coriander powder,  fry it for ½ a min.  Add water, salt & now pressure cook it for 10mins. (water u can add as per ur wish)
6. Remove the lid transfer it to a blow & garnish it with coriander leaves.
7. Great combination with naan, roti, puri & pulav.

Burnt Garlic Rice

Ingredients:

1. Onions- 2 (sliced)
2. Garlic flakes-10 (grated)
3. Rice-1cup
4. Jeera- ½ sp
5. Sajeera- ½sp
6. Cooking oil -1tbsp
7. Fresh coriander leaves
8. Salt to taste

 Method:

1. In a pan pour oil, as the oil gets heated, add jeera and sajeera. Fry for ½ a min.
2. Add sliced onions & grated garlic, fry till they r light brown.
3. Meanwhile cook ur rice with adding a little salt to it.
4. Finally mix the rice in the pan with the onions & garnish with chopped fresh coriander leaves.

Mushroom Mutter Paneer

Ingredients:

1. kus-kus – 1 spoon
2. Thill - 1 spoon
3. Badam - 4to 5
4. Tomatoes-4
5. Onion-1 (chopped)
6. Karipatha leaves
7. Mushroom-6 to 7
8. Paneer- ¼ kg(cut into cubes)
9. Mutter (green peas)
10. Red chilli powder-3sps
11. Daniya powder-1sp
12. Turmeric powder- ½ sp
13. Garam masala- ½ sp
14. Carrot-2(chopped)
15. Cooking oil-3tbsps
16. Salt as per taste

Method:

1. Blend kuskus, thill & badam in to powder. In the same jar add 4 tomatoes (cut into big cubes) and make a paste.
2. Now pour some oil in a pan and add chopped onion & karipatha. Let the onions cook for 3 to 4 mins.
3. Now add the above blended mixture to the onions, fry this till the oil separates. Now add carrot, mutter , mushroom and fry it for 2 to 3 mins…..now add all the masala like red chilly powder, daniya powder,  jeera powder,  garam masala powder & fry it for another 1mins (not more than 1 min or else ur masala will be burnt)
4. Add 2 glasses to water and salt as per ur taste. Bring it to boil, then finally add the king (main item) to the dish i.e.  paneer cubes.
5. Let it boil for 10mins and garnish with coriander leaves.