Friday, 9 April 2010

Tangy Mango rice

Ingredients:
2 sps of Sunflower oil
1 sp of mustard seeds
1 sp of black gram(urad dal)
1 sp of yellow gram(chena dal)
2 sliced green chillis
2 red chillies
pinch of turmeric
pinch of hing
5-6 curry leaves
1 medium sized green mango--grate it
2 cups of basmati rice--cook it-while cooking add 1 sp of extra oil to rice
1/2 sp salt
Method:
  1. Take oil in a pan.heat it.
  2. Put mustard seeds,blackgram,chena dal.
  3. After seasoning it put red chillies,hing,turmeric,greenchillies,curry leaves and grated mango .
  4. Take rice in a bowl and add the prepared tangy mango mix to the rice and salt.--its ready!!!!!
  5. Garnish with coriander and serve.

Thursday, 8 April 2010

Masala Gaare/Masala Vada

Ingredients:
1 cup Urad dal
2 medium sized onions
5 green chillies
1/2 spoon jeera
100gms coriander
500ml sunflower oil
Preparation:

  1. Soak Urad dal in water over night.
  2. Next day grind it to a thick paste adding 3-5 pinches of salt.
  3. Pour oil in a deep sauce pan and let it on flame until oil gets heated.
  4. Then add finely chopped onions,green chillies,jeera and also coriander to the dal paste and mix evenly.
  5. When oil gets hot,take small amount of dal mix and make it into rounds and put into oil carefully.Fry until brown.
  6. U can place the prepared gaare in tissue to absorb excess oil.
  7. Tastes good with Ginger chutney.Can enjoy this as a festive dish.

Spicy tomato rice


Ingredients:
3 tomatoes
1 onion
1 teaspoon mustard seeds
1 teaspoon crushed redchilly
2 pods garlic
5 green chillies
2 cups basmati rice
  
Preparation:
  1. Put 2 tablespoons of oil in hot saucepan and allow mustard seeds to splutter.
  2. Then add vertically slit green chillies and chopped onion and fry till brown.Then add redchilly flakes and garlic.Wait for a minute and then add finely chopped tomatoes.
  3. Add salt and leave it to boil on low flame for 5mins till oil separates from the tomato mix.Then turn off the flame.
  4. Add cooked rice to the pan and mix it gently and evenly.
  5. Garnish with chopped coriander.Will taste good as it is and also with curds.