Pudina [MINT] rice

Pudina (Mint) Rice


Prep time---5 minutes
cooking time 10 minutes
Ingredients:
Rice - 1 cup boiled
Spring Onions - 2 chopped
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Oil - 1 tbsp
Pudina (Mint) - 1/2 bunch
Garlic - 2 flakes
Green chillies - 1

Method:

Grind pudina, garlic and green chillies and keep it aside.
Heat oil in a pan and add cumin seeds. When it crackles, add spring onion and fry till transparent. Add pundina paste and rice and mix well. Cover with lid for 2 - 3 minutes.

Grow mint in your garden. Quite easy. After removing mint leaves, place mint sticks till approx 2-3 cms deep in a pot filled with soil. It takes 1 - 2 weeks for mint to grow. Pluck mint leaves whenever required. It will grow again in the pot. It is organic, free from pesticide and tastes definitely better than the ones bought from the shop.

sending to Sara event....dish in 30 minutes-rice

Veg Soya Biryani

this recipe i tried first time. I used soya nugget instead of chicken or meat. i tell u it is worth for vegetarian to enjoy the healthy and tasty biryani.

Ingredients
basmati rice-2cups
soya nugget-1cups
cauliflower-1cup
carrot-1/2 cup
peas-1/2 cup
beans-1/2 cup
onion-2fried
green chili
curd-2tbsp
bay leaves-12
big caradomn--5-6
zeera-1tsp
green caradmon-2-3
clove-5-6
blackpepper-1/2 tsp
biryani masala-1/2 tsp
saffron-1/2 tsp soak in water
ghee-3tbsp
coriander leaves
minit leaves

Method
Wash rice and boil in excess water. when 2/3 done separate the excess water and spread it on a cloth so there is not any steam.
Take pan and heat ghee. add all the dry whole masalas. when splutter biryani masalas.mix well.add all the vegetables and little water cover it till all veggies are done.

now assemble for biryani. i make it in the microwave which is very easy to cook.
take microwave dish add half veggitables and curd . microwave for 2-3 minutes on high.take out the dish.now spread rice on it. after thatspread fried onions and then minit and coriander leaves.now again spread veggies and then rice. after that spread onion and green leaves.now sprinkle saffron water. cover it with cling film.

microwave for 6-8 miutes.it is ready to eat.


Eat with raita or green chutney and pickle

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Tiranga Rice

Wishing all a very Happy Independence Day

To celebrate independence day, I thought of preparing something special and came up with this idea of preparing three varieties of rice - tomato rice, coconut rice and a "special" pudina rice.

Tomato Rice

Ingredients:

Rice (basmati)- 1 cup boiled.

Tomato - 2, blanched and pureed

Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Onion - 1 medium chopped
Oil - 2 tbsp
Salt - To taste

Blanched Tomatoes

Method:

Heat oil in a pan and add cumin seeds to it. When it crackles, add onion and fry till transparent. Add tomoto puree and fry till it leaves oil. Add boiled rice and salt and mix well. Cover it for 2 - 3 minutes.

Coconut Rice

Ingredients:

Rice - 1 cup boiled

Cocunut- 1 cup grated and ground

White Urad dal - 1 tsp

Hing (asefoetida) - 1/2 tsp
Curry Leaves - 1 tbsp
Mustard Seeds - 1 tsp
Oil - 2 tbsp
Salt - To taste

Method:

Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds and hing. When it crackles, add urad dal and fry till golden color. Add curry leaves and coconut and fry for 5 minutes on low flame. Add rice and salt and mix well. Cover it for 2 - 3 minutes.

Pudina (Mint) Rice

Ingredients:

Rice - 1 cup boiled

Spring Onions - 2 chopped

Cumin seeds - 1 tsp

Oil - 1 tbsp

Pudina (Mint) - 1/2 bunch
Garlic - 2 flakes
Green chillies - 1


Method:

Grind pudina, garlic and green chillies and keep it aside.
Heat oil in a pan and add cumin seeds. When it crackles, add spring onion and fry till transparent. Add pundina paste and rice and mix well. Cover it for 2 - 3 minutes.

Tip

Mint can be grown at home in a small pot. I have tried it at home. It smells and tastes great and is organic too.

Independence Day Quotes

"Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country."

- John Fitzgerald Kennedy

"One individual may die for an idea; but that idea wil l, after his death, incarnate itself in a thousand lives. That is how the wheel of evolution moves on and the ideas and dreams of one nation are bequeathed to the next’"
- Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose

"Liberty is the breath of life to nations."

- George Bernard Shaw

"At the dawn of history India started on her unending quest, and trackless centuries are filled with her striving and the grandeur of her success and her failures. Through good and ill fortune alike she has never l ost sight of that quest or forgotten the ideals which gave her strength."

- Jawaharlal Nehru

India is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and the great grand mother of tradition. Our most valuable and most astrictive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only!"

--Mark Twain

JAI HO!!!!
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Tehri [Rice variety] - Speciality of U.P.

This kind of rice variety is  especially prepared in Uttar Pradesh, India. I have stayed in UP for about 20 years and found this recipe quite handy on a stressful day. It is easy and quick without compromising on nutrition as it contains rice, dal and vegetables, all in one dish.

Ingredients:

Rice (Sona masuri/basmati) -1cup

Tur dal (sambhar dal) - 2 tbsp
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp

Vegetables - which are available (like carrot, capsicum etc.)

Potato - 2 (cut in small cubes)

Onion -1 medium chopped

Green chillies-2 -3 (slit)

Tomato - 2 medium chopped

Coriander leaves

Turmeric powder-1/2 tsp

Garam masala-1/2 tsp

Cooking oil/Ghee - 2 tbsp

Water - 1 1/2 cups

Salt to taste                                

Method:

Soak rice and dal in water for about 1 hour.

Heat oil and add cumin seeds. When  it crackles, add onion and fry till it becomes transparent. Now add tomato, green chillies, coriander leaves  and fry for another 5 mintues. Add turmeric powder, vegetables, potatoes, salt and garam masala.

Add rice and dal with water and pressure cook for two whilstles and wait till pressure is released before opening the lid.

Serve hot with pickle, curd or coriander/mint chutney.

It is a good variation from pulao or biryani. 

I am sending this recipe to narisakhi