Showing posts with label pulao. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pulao. Show all posts

Monday, 1 July 2013

Sabziyon Ki Tehri

Ingredients

  • 1 cup rice
  • 2 carrots
  • 10 beans
  • 2 potatoes
  • 100 gm fresh peas
  • 1 tbs mustard oil
  • 2 tsp cumin seeds
  • 2 tsp garlic paste
  • 1/2 cup kasoori methi leaves 
  • 1/2 cup thick yoghurt
  • 2 tsp yellow chilli powder
  • 1 tsp turmeric powder
  • 8-10 sliced green chillies
  • 3 tsp sliced ginger
  • 1 tsp green cardamom powder
  • 1 tsp mace powder
  • 1/2 cup cream
  • Salt
  • Water
        
Method
  •  Soak the rice in double the amount of water for 20 minutes.
  • Peel and cut carrots, beans and potatoes into small diagonal pieces.
  • Boil water in a pan, add salt and blanch potatoes, carrots, peas and beans, separately for 2-3 minutes.
  • Once they are boiled, rinse them in cold water.
  • Heat mustard oil in a vessel, add cumin seeds, garlic paste, kasoori methi leaves and saute.
  • Add water and cook for a minute. Add the vegetables and salt. Cook for sometime.
  • Now add yoghurt, yellow chilli powder, turmeric powder and cook for 5-10 minutes. 
  • Add water and boil it for sometime.
  • Add green chillies, ginger, green cardamom powder, mace powder and rice.
  • Gently stir and reduce the heat. Cover and cook for sometime.
  • Once the rice is cooked add the cream saute. 
  • Serve hot.
  • Enjoy the taste!!!

Tuesday, 21 May 2013

Methi Pulao

Ingredients 

  •     500g Rice
  •     5 cloves, 1" cinnamon stick, 4 cardamom, 2 bay leaf ...Whole garam masala
  •     1 large bunch Methi leaves Fresh
  •     2 tablespoons Ginger garlic paste
  •     5 number Green chilles
  •     2 large Onions
  •     2 large Tomatos
  •     2 teaspoons Red chilli powder
  •     1/2 teaspoon Turmeric
  •     2 tablespoons Ghee
  •     Salt To taste
  •     20 Number Cashew
  •     1 tablespoon Garam masala powder (optional)
            

How to prepare

  • Clean the methi leaves and wash thrice directly in the tap water then grind into a fine paste by adding water and then strain it into a vessel. 
  • Keep the methi juice aside. 
  • Wash and soak the rice for half an hour.    
  • Cut the Onions, green chillies, tomatos and keep aside.   
  •  In a pressure pan take ghee and put in whole garam masala fry for a while then add cashew.  
  • Add green chilles, onions fry them till onions are golden brown then add ginger garlic paste fry it for a few minutes and then add tomatos, red chilli power, turmeric and fry it till the ghee seperates, then add garam masala powder and mix it well.    
  • Add methi juice and required water (methi juice (along with water) and rice ratio should be 2:1)  
  • When the water is boiling add soaked rice and salt to taste. 
  • Cover it with lid and after one whistle turn off the gas. 
  • The healthy and tasty methi pulao is ready to eat.
  • Serve and enjoy the taste!!!

Tuesday, 11 October 2011

Palak pulao


Ingredients:
  • Palak – 1 bunch
  • Potatoes – 2 no.
  • Frozen peas – 1/4 cup
  • Onion – 1 big
  • Frozen green chillies – 5 no.
  • Rice – 3cups
  • water – 6 cups
  • Ginger – 1 tspn
  • Garlic – 1 Tbspn
  • Garam masala – 1 tbspn,
  • Curd – 2 tbspn
  • salt acc to taste
  • oil 2 tbspn
  • Jeera – 1 tspn
  • shahi jeera – 1 tspn
  • cloves – 2 no.
  • cinnamon – small piece
  • bay leaves – 2
  • Turmeric – A pinch

Recipe:
  1. Heat oil in pan, add cloves, cinnamon, bay leaves, jeera ,shahi jeera..
  2. When jeera starts spluttering, add onions (cut lengthwise), chilli-ginger-garlic paste, salt and a pinch of turmeric
  3. Fry for about 7 min. 
  4. Now add cubed potatoes, peas. 
  5. saute it well for 5 min and then add chopped palak (spinach).
  6. When spinach is half cooked add 2 tbspn of curd n mix it well.
  7. Add 6 cups of water.
  8. Let the water boil..
  9. Once see the taste. 
  10. If u feel it to be less spicy then add garam masala to it.
  11. Now add 3 cups of rice and pressure cook it.
  12. Goes really well with Bhendi(Okra) Raita.
  13. Serve and enjoy the taste.