Tawa Pulav

Dear Readers,


Among the rice recipes this is my second recipe. Previously i had posted Veg biryani. Rice recipes are the best for half hour cooking meal. When time is the main constraint in our todays busy life, such recipes with variety makes our meal more enjoyable rather than stressful. Without much to say below is the recipe.

Ingredients :-                                                                                         


3 cup boiled rice (basmati)
250gms boiled vegetables ( onion, green peas, carrot, beans, capsicum)
1tbs lemon juice
Salt as per taste
1tbs Black pepper powder
2tbs each of red chilli powder, turmeric, coriander powder
4 to 5 cashew nuts and golden raisin (kismish)
Pav bhaji masala for spicy taste.
2tbs ghee/ oil
2tbs cummin seeds.


Preparation :-

1. Heat ghee/ oil on non-stick tawa and add cummin seeds till it tempers.
2. Add all the vegetables to it and mix well. Boil green peas for 10 min and crush gently before adding along with other vegetables.
3. Add the boiled rice and add all the salt, red chilli powder, turmeric, coriander powder, lemon juice, black pepper powder.
4. Mix well and cook for 5min.
5. Add  pav bhaji masala to make it spicy and cashew nuts and golden raisin to make it royal.
6. Tawa pulav is ready to serve hot.

Vegetable Soup

Whenever feel to eat something light and healthy vegetable soup is the perfect choice. A simple and easy to cook recipe with the ingredients of available vegetable at home. The recipe is as below.


                                  
Ingredients:-

2 Cooking spoon corn flour
1litre water
200gms mix vegetables ( corn, green peas, cauliflower, carrot, beans)
Salt as per taste
2tbs black pepper


Preparation :-

1. Boil water and add the corn flour to it. Keep stirring to avoid lumps. To avoid lumps hand blender can be used to mix well. Be careful while using hand blender due to hot water.
2. Boil all the vegetables and add them to the above mixture.
3. Add salt and black pepper and let it cook for 10 min or at desired thickness of the soup.

Vermicelli Pudding / kheer / Sevaiya

Vermicelli Pudding is a special dessert cooked during Eid festival. Its taste and easy cooking recipe has inspired to be a favourite dish among the major festival season across india. I tried to make it different by adding rasgullas (bengali sweet) . Below is the recipe :

Ingredients :-

250 gms Vermicelli

2litre milk

1cup condensed milk

Sugar - as per taste

2tbs cardamom powder

2 cooking spoon ghee

Dryfruits to garnish

4 piece of rasgulla

Preparation :-

1. Heat ghee in pan and roast vermicelli till it turns brown.
2. Boil milk at low flame and add the roasted vermicelli along with the condensed milk.
3. Stir it well and let it cook for 10 min.
4. Again add sugar as per taste and the cardmom powder.
5. Keep stirring at low flame till it becomes little thick.
6. Add small piece of rasgullas to it and cook for 2-3min.
7. Garnish it with dryfruits 

Sevaiya is ready to serve. It can be served hot and chilled.

Rice Pudding / Kheer

Dear Readers,


In India Kheer is very famous for all occasions. Among different varieties of Kheer / Pudding am sharing recipe of rice pudding . In the month of may i posted the recipe of sabudana kheer, rice kheer is also of similar recipe. The recipe is simple and tasty. I prefer to serve chilled as desert. Below is the recipe.


Ingredients :-


Rice - 1 cup
Milk - 1 litre
Sugar - 3 cooking spoon
Condensed milk - 1 cup
Cardamom powder - 1tbs
Dry fruits - to garnish


How to:-

1. First heat the milk at low flame and add rice to it. Keep on stirring and let the rice cook in milk.
2. Secondly add condensed milk and sugar as per taste and keep stirring. Kindly stir continously and see that rice is cooked properly.
3. Add the cardamom powder to it and stir till it becomes a bit thick.
4. Now crush gently the pudding with hand blender or in food processor so that the rice are bit broken.
5. Garnish with dry fruits.

Tip - Please do not crush the pudding too much just a gentle crush is needed. One can serve it at room temperature or chilled. I prefer chilled.

Tomato Soup

Tomato soup is very easy to cook and simple recipe to serve as good appetizer.  Best to be served during dinner as its easy to digest. Below is the recipe.

                                                           Serves 4 to 5 person

Ingredients:-

8 tomatoes

1 potato

1 onion

1 tbs salt

1 tbs black pepper

2 tbs sugar

Preparation:-

Boil tomatoes , potato and onion together.  Now crush them and strain the puree. Add 2 cup water and cook for 5min. Add salt, black pepper and sugar to it and cook for 3 min. For thickness i have added potato and onion enhances the taste. As per taste requirement add salt and sugar.

Serve it hot.