MEAL MAKER RICE

Meal Maker Rice

Ingredients

Basmati rice-1 cup

Onions-2

Tomato-2

Green chillies-3

Ginger Garlic paste- 2 tspn

Soya Chunks-1 cup

Cinnamon-1 " piece

Cardamom-2

Cloves-2

Bay leaves-1

Chilli powder-1/2 tspn

Curd-2 tbsp

Ghee-2 tbsp

Method

Chop the onions, tomatoes. Slit the green chillies. Wash and soak the rice for 15 minutes. Soak the soya chunks in boiling water for 10 minutes. Wash it twice and squeeze out the water completely. Heat ghee in a pressure pan, add Cinnamon, cloves, bay leaves, cardamon. Now add onions, ginger garlic paste and fry till the onions change golden brown. Add the tomatoes, curd, green chillies, chilli powder and saute it for 5 minutes. Add the soya chunks and fry it for sometime.Drain the water from the rice and add it. Fry the rice for sometime. Now add 1 1/2 cups of water and pressure cook it for one whistle. Simmer it for 5 minutes after the first whistle and serve hot with onion raita after the steam gets released.

PALAK PULAO

Palak Pulao

Ingredients

Palak- 1 bunch

Basmati rice-1 cup

onion-2

Green chillies- 2

Ginger garlic paste-1 tspn

Bay leaves-1

Cumin seeds-1/2 tspn

Cloves-2

Cinnamon-1" piece

Chilli powder-1/2 tspn

Curd-1 tbsp

Ghee-1 tbsp

Salt-as required

Method

Chop the onions and spinach. Slit the green chillies.Heat oil in a cooker, add the cinnamon, cloves, bay leaves, cumin seeds. Now add the onions, ginger garlic paste, green chillies and saute it till the onion turns golden brown. Add the spinach and fry it well. Now add the curd, chilli powder,salt and saute it. Add the rice now and fry for 2 minutes. Now add water required to cook the rice and pressure cook it. Simmer it for 5 minutes after the first whistle if u r using basmati rice. Serve hot with any raitha.

GHEE RICE

Ghee Rice

Ingredients

Basmati ric-1 cup

Coconut milk-1 1/2 cup

Onion-2

Green chillies-3

Ginger garlic paste-1 tspn

Cinnamon- 1" piece

Cloves-4

Bay leaves-1

Ghee-4 tbsp

Salt-as required

Method

Chop the onions lengthwise, slit the green chillies.Wash and soak the basmati rice in water. In the meantime, heat ghee in a presure cooker and add cinnamon, cloves and bayleaves. After that add the onions and saute well till the color changes, add ginger garlic paste,green chillies and fry well. Care should be taken as the ginger garlic paste would stick to the bottom, so mix it well. Now drain the water from the rice and add it to the pressure cooker and fry it for 2 minutes.

Add 1 1/2 cups of coconut milk, salt and wait till it starts boiling. Now close the lid and pressure cook it for 1 whistle. After the whistle, simmer it and let it cook for another 5 minutes. When the pressure gets released transfer the ghee rice to a serving bowl and serve with chicken gravy or onion raitha.

Paneer Pulav

PANEER

Today while I was juz trying to post this dish for u all, I remembered a news article which I read a couple of months back in The Hindu Businessline. The news was actually a gr8 shock to me as I am a person who loves those delicious palak and paneer. The news article went this way.......

Palak paneer is a northern delicacy that tickles the palates of people across India. But dieticians say tha while it may be a lip smacking dish, it can harm one's digestion,because while spinach is rich in iron, paneer is rich in calcium and the two dont really jell, resulting in the failure in the absorption by the body.... Interesting?????


Panner Pulav

Ingredients
Basmati rice-2 cups
Onion-2
Tomato-3
Paneer-200 gm
Ginger garlic paste-1 tbsp
Green chilly-2
Red chilly powder-1/2 tspn
Lime juice-2 tbsp

For tempering
Ghee-2 tbsp
Oil-1 tbsp
Cardamom-2
Cloves-2
Cinnamon-2
Cumin seeds-1 tspn


Method

Wash and soak the basmati rice in 3 cups of water. Chop the onions lengthwise, chop the tomatoes finely. cut the panner into medium pieces. In a cooker heat the oil and ghee and add the ingredients given "for tempering". Add onions, turmeric powder,chillies and saute it.

After that add the ginger garlic paste , paneer and saute till the raw smell goes off. Add the tomatoes, chilli powder, lemon juice and saute it for 5 minutes. Now add the soaked rice along with the water, add salt and close the cooker. After one whistle simmer it and switch off the stove after 5 minutes. Open the cooker once the pressure gets released. Delicious yummy panner pulav is now ready to serve.