Lemon Rice/Nimmakaya Pulihora

This is one food i used to hate.. but eventually started loving it. This is also very easy to  make. Actually this reminds me of the prasadams we used to get in the Temples back in India ;)

You will need :

Rice - 2 cups (soaked and cooked and let it cool down)Tip: add some oil while cooking.. this helps in the grains not sticking to eachother :)

Lemons - 1-2 medium sized squeezed (or more if you like it more sour)

Green Chillies - 6-7 slit

Dried Red Chillies - 4-5

Groundnuts

Mustard seeds - 1tsp

Cumin seeds - 1tsp

Channa dal - 1tbsp

Curry Leaves

Hing

Turmeric Powder - about 1tsp

Salt 

Oil

You will need to do :

1. To the cooked rice, add salt and lemon juice and keep aside.

2. In a small kadai or pan heat some oil and add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, channa dal, dry red chillies, green chillies, curry leaves, groundnuts, hing and turmeric powder and fry well. (Make sure you don't burn them).

3. Add this seasoning to the rice and mix well.

Enjoy it with pappad and you will really love it :)

Cheers!!!

Mint Rice/Pudhina Rice

Here is one more easy and tasty recipe. Mint.. mmm the name itself sounds refreshing.. so here we go...

You will need :

Mint leaves - 2 bunches

Rice - 2 cups (soaked in water for atleast 30 min)

Green Chillies - 4-5

Cumin seeds - about 1tbs

Cashew Nuts (optional)

Green Peas (optional)

Salt

Oil

To be done like this :

1. Grind the mint leaves, green chillies and some cumin seeds (add as little water as possible) and keep aside.

2. In a pressure cooker, heat oil and add cumin seeds and fry.

3. Add the mint paste and fry well for about 2 min an o low flame.

4. Add salt and add the soaked rice and mix well and fry for about 2 more min.

5. Add water (Measure : for 2 cups of rice add 3 cups of water including the mint paste).

6. Pressure cook on high for about 3 whistles.

7. Mix well and serve hot.

This one tastes really good with a raitha.


P.S I'm sorry I will be unable to post the pictures because I happened to misplace my camera charger :( 

Rava Upma

I used to hate upma when i was small. But now i don't know why i love this :).Especially the one my mom makes..After many attempts i got this one close to my mom's(finally!!)

So here's how it is done..

You will need :

Rava/Sooji - 1cup    Water - 2 cups (ratio sooji : water = 1 : 2)

Onions - 1 big sliced

Green Chillies - 5-6 big ones sliced

Ginger - about 1inch finely chopped

Mustard Seeds - 1tsp

Cumin seeds - 1tsp

Chana Dal - 1tbsp

Curry Leaves

Cilantro

Cashewnuts - few roasted in oil/ghee(optional)

Hing

Salt

Oil

You will have to do :

1. Dry roast the sooji on a medium flame till the raw smell is gone(Don't burn it) and keep it aside.

2. In a kadai heat oil and fry the mustard seeds, cumin seeds, ginger, channa dal, curry leaves and hing.

3. Add the cashewnuts, green chillies and onions and fry (they don't have to turn golden brown).

4. Add water and let it boil.

5. Add sooji and stir well so that no lumps are formed.

6. Let it cook on a low flame for about 10 min with the lid on.

7. Garnish with cilantro.

And here it is..

                                     

Enjoy it hot with tamarind pickle or tomato pickle..It should taste awesome :)  

Pasta -- Mamma Mia!!!

This is one thing you can have fun with :).I never like Italian much.But with a little desi touch.. this is one thing i would die for ;).Easy to make. You can just thrown in any spices you have in your pantry or any sauce you have in your refrigerator. Add some veggies hmm yumm. It would taste good :)

I have not given the measurements for this one.So you can go ahead.. mix n match and play around :)

Here s how i made my pasta :)

Pasta

Onions sliced

Green chllies sliced

Garlic finely chopped

Cumin seeds

Mustard seeds

Amchur powder(like a substitute for lemon :))

Oregano

Dry Parsley

Some Marinade which was sour( u can put in soy sauce, vinegar, tomato ketchup or any other sauce you like)

Red chilli powder

Salt

Olive Oil

1.Cook pasta in boiling water(don't cook for too long as they can get mushy).Add some salt to the water so that they don't stick together and get some flavor.Drain water and keep aside.

2. In a pan heat oil and add the mustard seeds, cumin seeds, garlic, chillies and onions.

3. I like my onions crispy.So just stir fried them.

4. Add the oregano parsley salt chiili powder and other spices and mix well.

5. Add the marinade(or sauce)

5.Add the pasta and sir well.

 So here's how it came out

P.S The other time i added dry red chillies, curry leaves, ginger garlic paste, cumin powder, corriander powder and it tasted awesome.

Enjoy:)

Ragi Dosa

Here s one health recipe which tastes just awesome

You will need :

Ragi Flour- 2 cups

Urad dal - 1/2 cup 

Rice Flour - 1/4 cup

Salt

For Garnish :

Onions chopped

Green Chillies chopped

Cilantro

This is how you do it :

1. Soak urad dal for 3 hours and grind it to a fine paste, 

2. To this paste add the rice flour, ragi flour and salt to taste and mix well. 

3. The batter has to be like that of dosa. This has to ferment overnight or for 6 hours.

4. Do it just like you do the dosas and sprinkle the onions, chillies and cilantro on the dosa.

5. On a low flame, cover it with a lid and let it cook well.

4. Serve them hot with any chutney of your choice.

P.S u can make the batter a bit thick and make uthappams as well :)

Eat healthy Stay Healthy :)

Poha