CUMIN RICE
250 grms raw rice
4 garlic pips sliced thinly
2 dried chillies roasted and made into flakes
2 tbs ghee or more
tsp black pepper ( both roasted and crushed roughly
2 tsp cumin & amp; nbsp; (
6 cashew nuts fried in ghee
1 sprig curry leaves
salt to taste
Method:
Boil the rice with enough salt and strain.
Spread it in a basin.
Put the kadai and add the ghee.
Add the garlic pieces and fry.
Once it is light brown, add all the other items
And give it a nice stir.
Pour it over the rice, and mix the rice nicely
With the ingridents, and serve.
Add more ghee if needed.
You're most welcome. Sorry I was not able to send in the AVIAL recipe earlier as promised - my relatives came over for the weekend and I was too busy entertaining them and looking into lunch and dinner as well.
Here is Avial for you..!😊
AVIAL (KERALA MIXED VEGETABLES)
2 carrots
2 potatoes
1 medium size cucumber (scoop out the seeds)
2 drumsticks (Murunggakka)
1 raw banana (plantain) – remove skin cut into pieces & soak in salt water
1 medium size snake gourd
2 brinjals (round)
1 cup french beans
1 cup longs beans l
2 tomatoes – cuts each into 6 pieces
2 green chillies – slit each and cut into 4 pieces
1 cup grated cocoanut )
4 nos, shallots ) – grind coarsely
2 green chillies )
2 tsp chilly powder
1 tsp turmeric powder
tsp cumin powder
2 Tsp Curd
2 stem curry leaves
2 Tsp. Oil
Salt to taste
METHOD:
Wash all the vegetables and cut into 2 inch long pieces. Add required water, salt, chilly/tumeric/cumin power and boil till the veg is done. Add the grounded ingredients/ green chillies, tomatoes and cook a further few more minutes so that it blends well with the cooked veg, Give it a good stir and add the oil and curry leaves. Turn off the fire and now add the curd. This is done to prevent the curd from forming into lumps. Taste for salt - add a little extra curd if you wish to - coz everything is adjusted according to your taste buds.
NOTE: I made this for my guests yesterday and thought of our Kavitha - she wud have immediately taken a snap for me...😳. Pls. enjoy your Avial esp. Pat who is looking forward to many veg dishes for the coming new year.😊
Here is the recipe for Paav Bhaaji..ENjoy!
Ingredients
8 Pavs(Squarsh soft buns about 4" X 5 " size)
butter to shallow fry.
For Bhaji
1 capscicum chopped fine
2 Onions chopped fine
2 tomatoes chopped fine
2 1/2 cups chopped mixed vegetables(beans,carrots,cauliflower,potato,beans,bottle gourds etc)
1/2 cup shelled peas
2 tbsp. butter
2 tsp pavbhaji masala
1 1/2 tsp chilli powder
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
1/2 tsp sugar
salt to taste
1 cup water(in which vegetables were boiled)
1/2 tsp each ginger grated,garlic crushed
juice of 1/2 lemon.
To Garnish
1 tbsp coriander chopped
1 onion chopped
small pieces of lemon
Method:
Pressure cook mixed vegetables and peas till well done.
Mash them coarsely after draining.
Heat butter in a pan.
Add gingergarlic,capscicum,onion,tomatoes.
Fry for 2-3 minutes till very soft.
Add pavbhaji masala,chilli poder,turmeric,salt,sugar and fry further 2-3 minutes.
Bring to boil.
Simmet till gravy is thick,stirring and mashine pieces with masala, in between.
Add lemon juice,stir.
Garnish with chopped coriander and a block of butter.
For Pavs,
Slit Pavs horizontally leaving one edge attached.(To open like a book).Apply butter (as desired) and roast open n a griddle till hot and soft with the surface crispon both sides.
Serve hot with bhaji,a pice of lemon and chopped onion.
Edited by rhodes - 17 years ago
LEMON RICE
Ingredients:
250 grms Basmati rice
1 tsp tumeric powder
1 tsp channa dal
1 tsp mustard seeds
2-3 green and red chillies sliced finely
2-3 dried red chillies broken into small pieces
1 sprig curry leaves
2-3 tbs ghee
10 cashew nuts roasted in ghee
50ml lime / lemon juice or more.
little coriander leaves for garnishing
salt to taste
Method:
Cook the rice with salt and strain. (Do not over cook)
Heat ghee in a wok.
Add the mustard seed, the dal, two types of chillies, and curry leaves.
Fry nicely. Add the tumeric powder. Give a good stir.
Add the lime juice, stir and off the fire.
Should not let the juice to boil.
Add the mixture to the rice and mix carefully.
Do not break the grains.
Taste for salt and add more lime juice if needed.
( 50 ml of juice was enough for 250 grms of rice)
Serve, garnished with coriander leaves and cashew nuts.
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