Vegetable Biriyani
It is one of my favorite recipe of all time. Its a common recipe but the method varies from place to place and from person to person. Lets have a look at my method.
Ingredients:
- Basmathi Rice - 1 kg
- Beans - 1 cup
- Carrot - 1 cup
- Potato - 1 cup
- Cinnamon - 2 to 3 pieces
- Cloves - 6-8 number
- Cardamoms - 4 number
- Ginger garlic paste - 2 tspn
- Cooking oil
- Mint leaves - 1 bunch
- Cilantro - 1 bunch
- Onion - 1
- Tomato - 2
- Salt - to taste
- Small Green chillies - 8-10
Method:
- Pour 4 table spoons of cooking oil into a pressure cooker and heat.
- Add chillies, cardamom, cloves and cinnamon first.
- Add the long thin slices of onion with a pinch of turmeric powder and fry till light golden brown.
- Now add all the vegetables (carrot, potato and beans) and keep frying for about 2 to 3 minutes.
- Add 2 spoons of ginger and garlic paste, Cilantro, mint leaves and add the prewashed rice.(Soak the rice for 20 min).
- Mix all the ingredients for about 1 minute.
- Add 4 1/2 glasses (250 ml each) of water to this mixture and add salt to your taste.
- Let this simmer on the stove for about 20 minutes.
- Check preparation every five minutes or so that the water does not dry up.
- Once the water is completely absorbed and the rice is well cooked, the Biriyani is ready.
Palak Dal
It is one of the healthiest and tastiest dish. It goes well with Rasam rice or with chapathi.
Ingredients:
- Palak ( Spinach) - 1 Bunch
- Moong dal - 1 cup
- Jeera - 1 tspn
- Hing - 1 tspn
- Green chillies - 3 to 4
- Pepper powder - 1 tspn
- Onion chopped - 1/2 cup
- Ghee - 1 tbspn
- Salt - to taste
Method:
- Boil dal along with onion, green chillies and jeera.
- Allow the dal to cook properly for around 20 minutes.
- Now add spinach to the well cooked dal and allow it to cook for another 10 minutes.
- Now add pepper powder and hing to it and mash dal and spinach together to a fine paste( Can use Mixie)
- Finally add ghee and serve.
Mushroom fry
Ingredients:
- chopped coriander - 1 cup
- chopped onion - 1 cup
- coriander powder - 1 tspn
- cumin - 1/2 tspn
- cumin powder - 1 tspn
- Garam masala - 1 pinch
- Ginger garlic paste - 1 tspn
- mushroom - 1pound
- oil - 1 tblspn
- Pepper powder - 1 tspn
- Red chilli powder - 1 tspn
- Salt - to taste
- Tomatoes - 1 cup
- Turmeric - 1 pinch
Method:
- Heat oil in a pan , add whole garam masala, cumin seeds and when they crackle add chopped onions, turmeric and ginger garlic paste.
- Add curry leaves and chopped green chillies,tomatoes and cook for few min
- Now add mushroom cook until they become soft.
- Now add pepper, cumin seeds, coriander powder, cumin powder, Garam masala , red chilli powder and salt.
- Cook the mixture and allow till the moisture evaporates.
- Now garnish with coriander leaves and serve.
Popcorn Toffy
Now its snacks time!
Lets see how to make this simple and tasty Popcorn toffee.
Ingredients:
- Unsalted Popped corn - 4 cups
- Unsalted Butter - 1/2 cup
- Brown sugar - 1/2 cup
- Unsalted peanut - 1 cup
Method:
- Cream together butter and brown sugar until fluffy.
- Combine popcorn and pecans in a shallow baking pan.
- Add the butter mixture by spoonfuls and mix into the popcorn mixture.
- Bake at 350° stirring two or three times until crisp about 8 minutes.
