Capsicum Rice

Ingredients :

• Capsicum -2 (Finely Chopped)
• Onions – 2( finely sliced)
• Tomato – 1 ( finely chopped )
• Chopped coriander
• 2 tbsps oil
• Green Chilli’s   – 2
• Ginger garlic paste – 1tsp
• Red chilli,Jeera & Coriander powder  – 1tsp each
• Salt as required
• Curry leaves and Coriander leaves
• Turmeric powder

Preperation :

• Cook  rice with 1:2 ration of water and allow to cool.
• Heat 2 tbsps oil in a kadai, add sliced capsicum and let it fry and keep aside.
• Add 2tsp of oil,add popu,curry leaves,green chillis, coriander leaves and ginger garlic paste and saute for 2 mts.
• Now add Onion and let it fry.Then add tomato to it and let it fry in sim mode.
• Then add red chilli pwd, jeera pwd,coriander pwd and salt to taste and combine well.
• Then add boiled rice to kadai and mix well.Garnish with coriander leaves.

Capsicum Rice is ready!!Serve hot with raita.

Here is the video of this preparation :

Egg Biryani

Ingredients :

• 4-5 boiled eggs, peeled and make long slits along each egg
• Onions – 2( finely sliced)
• Tomato – 1 ( finely chopped )
• Chopped coriander &Pudina leaves
• 2 tbsps ghee & Oil
• 3/4 cup thick curd/yogurt
• Green Chilli’s   – 5
• Ginger garlic paste – 1tsp
• Red chilli & Coriander powder  – 1tsp
• Salt as required
• Biryani Masala – 4-5 tsp Available in stores

Ingredients to cook rice:

• 2  cups Basmati rice
• 3 cloves ,5 cardamoms
• 1/2″ cinnamon stick,2 bay leaves
• 1/2 tbsp oil
• 3/4 tbsp salt
• water as required

Preparation :

• Cook basmati rice in lots of water along with bay leaves, cloves, cinnamon, cardamom, oil and salt till its half cooked. Strain the water and allow to cool.
• Heat 1 1/2 tbsps oil + 1 1/2 tbsps ghee in a vessel, add sliced onions, saute for 8-10 mts till caramelized. Remove half of the caramelized onions and keep aside.
• Add green chillis, mint leaves, coriander leaves and ginger garlic paste and saute for 2 mts. Add red chilli pwd, coriander pwd and biryani masala pwd and salt and combine well.
• Add chopped tomatoes and saute for 3 mts. Add the eggs and saute till well coated with the masala.
• Add the yogurt and combine. Cook for 5 mts till oil separates. Turn off heat and keep aside.
• Take a wide deep vessel to prepare the biryani. Add half the rice as a first layer followed by the egg masala and spread out in the vessel.
• Spread the remaining rice over the egg masala layer, and then add the caramelized onions. Next sprinkle coriander leaves.
• Cook on medium high flame for 5 mts.
• Remove lid, combine gently.

Serve hot with raita and curry of your choice.

Here is the video of this preparation :

Methi Rice

Ingredients :

• Basmati Rice – 2 Cups
• Methi Leaves – 2 Cups
• Onion – 2-3
• ginger garlic paste
• Green chill paste
• Salt to taste
• Turmeric powder
• Jeera,Mustard and curry leaves

Preparation :

• Wash and soak the rice for 15 minutes.Cut the onions and keep it aside.
• Clean and remove the leaves from bunch,was and pat dry.
• Make a fine pastof green chilli.
• Heat the oil in kadai,add jeera,mustard and curry leaves to pan and let it splutter.Once it starts spluttering add onions to it and let it fry.
• Then add ginger garlic paste,green chilli paste and turmeric powder and let it cook.
• Then add methi leaves and let it fry.
• Add soaked rice to kadai and let it absorb all the spices in low flame.
• Add the entire mix to rice cooker,add 1:2 ratio of water and cook as you do for normal rice.

Methi Rice is Ready!Serve hot with Onion Raita!!!

Here is the video of this preparation :

Alu Biryani

 

Ingredients :

• Rice                      –            2 Cups
• Potato                           –             4-5
• Green Peas                  –             1/2 Cup
• Green  Chilli               –              5-6
• Ginger Garlic Paste   –  2 tsp

For Masala :

• Cinnamon               –              3-4 half inch stick
• Cloves                               –               7-8
• Mogga                                  –               7-8
• Shah Jeera(Kala seeds)  –  1 tsp

Preperation :

• Fry all the above ingredients for biryani masalas,make a fine powder and keep it aside.
• wash the 2 cups rice and keep it aside.
• Cut  alu into 1/2 inch cubes,split the green chilli half and if you are using dried green peas soak them for 2-3 hours.
• Heat 3-4 tsp of oil in a pan,add green chili,alu pieces,green peas and fry for 2 minutes.
• Then add 2 tsp of ginger garlic paste,once the raw smells go off add masala powder and salt to taste and fry for 2 minutes.
• Drain the water in the rice,add the rice to kadai and let the rice absorbs all the spices.
• Then add above mixture to cooker,add 4 cups water and cook for 3 whistle.
• Alu Biryani is ready.

Serve hot with any gravy and Raita.

Here is the video of this preperation :

Capsicum lemon Rice

Ingredients :

• Rice                     –           2 Cups (Uncooked)
• Potato                –        2
• Capsicum          –         1 or 2
• Green Chili       –       5
• Peanuts             –       half handful
• Chana Dal         –       halfhandful
• jeera,mustard and urad dal   – 2tsp

Preperation :

• Boil the rice with 4 cups water and keep it aside.
• Cut the capsicum,potato into 1″” size and keep it aside.
• Heat 5 tsp of oil in kadai and add jeera,mustard & urad dal.Once they starts spluttering add chana da,peanuts and green chilli and let it fry.
• Add potato,sprinkle some water and cook.Once it becomes soft add turmeric powder  and then remove it from the kadai and add it to boiled rice.
• Now add 2tsp of oil to kadai and fry the capsicum,add it to boiled rice.
• Add 2tsp of  lemon juice,salt to taste and mix well.
• Capsicum lemon rice is ready.

Here is the video of this preperation :

VangiBath (Eggplant Rice)

Ingredients :

• Uncooked Rice        –   1 Cup
• Aloo                       –   2 Medium size
• Brinjal                    –   5-6  Small
• Lemon Juice             –    2 tsp (Varies depends on the taste)
• Curry Leaves
• Coriander leaves
• Vangibath powder   – 2-3 tsp
• Green Chilli                 – 2
• Salt to taste

For seasoning :

• Chana dal and peanuts             – half handful
• Urad dal,jeera and mustard   – 1tsp

Preperation :

• Cook the rice with 2 cups of water.
• Cut the Alu and Brinjal into 1 inch slices and put them in the water.
• Heat 3 tsp of oil in a kadai,add jeera,mustard,once it starts spluttering add green chili,Chana dal,peanut and let it fry for a min.Then add alu slices with some salt, Once it half boils add brinjal and cook until it becomes tender.
• Now add 1/2 tsp of salt,Lemon juice and 2 tsp of vangibath powder and cook for a minute and turn off the stove.
• Add boiled rice to kadai and gently mix all the ingredients without breaking the rice.Taste and reseason accordingly.
• Garnish with coriander leaves.

You can make vangibath powder instantly  just before preparing Rice.Here is the recipe..

• Chana dal   – 4 tsp , Urad Dal    – 2 tsp
• Red Chillies  – 2-3
• coriander seeds  – 1tsp
• Jeera                       – 1tsp
• Cloves                     – 2
• Cinnamon              – Small stick
• Mogga                     – 1
• Fry all the above ingredients in 1 tsp oil. Grind to a smooth powder.

Here is the video for how to make Vangibath :